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Historic Earthquake
1959 Coatzacoalcos Earthquake
26 August 1959 · Gulf of Campeche · Mexico
On 26 August 1959 at 08:25 UTC, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Mexico (Gulf of Campeche). It occurred on the North American Plate, 367 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 25 people and injured 200.
- Date
- 26 August 1959
- Time
- 08:25 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.9
- Deaths
- 25
- Injuries
- 200
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- San Martin (89 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1982Chiapas · M 3.51,879 deaths
- 19731973 Veracruz Earthquake · M 6.2527 deaths
- 19651965 Oaxaca Earthquake · M 7.86 deaths
- 1937Central, Puebla · M 7.234 deaths
- 1928Oaxaca · M 7.8
- 1920Veracruz, Cozautlan · M 7.8648 deaths
- 1914Chiapas · M 7.5
- 1902Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth