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Historic Earthquake
1932 Jalisco Earthquake
3 June 1932 · Near Coast of Jalisco · Mexico
On 3 June 1932 at 10:36 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Mexico (Near Coast of Jalisco), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 162 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 400 people and injured 120. It is the 85th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 3 June 1932
- Time
- 10:36 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 400
- Injuries
- 120
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (10.0 m wave)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- Colima (34 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20222022 Western México Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 19951995 Colima-Jalisco Earthquake · M 8.050 deaths
- 19851985 Mexico City Earthquake · M 8.19,500 deaths
- 19411941 Colima Earthquake · M 7.684 deaths
- 1932Central · M 7.775 deaths
- 1932Central, Colima · M 7.8
- 1921Near Coast of Jalisco · M 7.7
- 19111911 Michoacán Earthquake · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth