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Historic Earthquake
2003 Colima Earthquake
22 January 2003 · Villa de Alvarez, Colima · Mexico
On 22 January 2003 at 02:06 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Mexico (Villa de Alvarez, Colima), at a depth of 24 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 70 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 29 people and injured 1,073. 2,005 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 22 January 2003
- Time
- 02:06 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 24 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 29
- Injuries
- 1,073
- Homes Destroyed
- 2,005
- Homes Damaged
- 6,615
- Estimated Damage
- 116 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.6 m wave)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- Colima (97 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 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
- 19321932 Jalisco Earthquake · M 8.1400 deaths
- 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