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Historic Earthquake
1935 Mexico Earthquake
14 December 1935 · Tuxtla Gutierrez, Guatemala · Mexico
On 14 December 1935 at 22:05 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Mexico (Tuxtla Gutierrez, Guatemala), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 122 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 14 December 1935
- Time
- 22:05 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- Volcán Tacaná (61 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20262026 Huancayo Earthquake · M 7.3
- 20172017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake · M 8.298 deaths
- 20122012 Guatemala Earthquake · M 7.348 deaths
- 1950San Marcos · M 7.5
- 1942Near S Coast · M 7.7
- 1914Chiapas · M 7.5
- 1902Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas · M 7.8
- 1902Quezaltenango, San Marcos · M 7.52,000 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth