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Historic Earthquake
1965 Oaxaca Earthquake
23 August 1965 · Mexico City, Oaxaca · Mexico
On 23 August 1965 at 19:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Mexico (Mexico City, Oaxaca), at a depth of 28 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 114 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 6 people.
- Date
- 23 August 1965
- Time
- 19:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 28 km
- Deaths
- 6
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.4 m wave)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake · M 8.298 deaths
- 1978Oaxaca · M 7.79 deaths
- 19311931 Oaxaca Earthquake · M 7.9
- 1928Oaxaca · M 7.74 deaths
- 1928Oaxaca · M 7.8
- 1928Oaxaca · M 7.7
- 1917Near Oaxaca Coast · M 7.7
- 1903Off Coast of Guerrero · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth