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The 2014 Guerrero earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.2 that hit the state of Guerrero, close to Acapulco, Mexico, on 18 April at 14:27:26 UTC (9:27 a.m. local time). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The epicenter occurred 265 kilometers southwest of Mexico City and at a depth of 24 kilometers.
South of the California-Mexico border, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck on Easter Sunday in 2010, killing two people in Mexicali and damaging buildings on both sides of the border.
The 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake occurred at 23:20 Pacific Standard Time on February 23. It had an estimated moment magnitude of 7.1–7.2 and a maximum perceived intensity of VIII ( Severe ). The shock was centered near the Mexico–United States border and takes its name from a large dry lake bed in Baja California , Mexico.
This is a partial list of earthquakes in Mexico. This list considers every notable earthquake felt or with its epicenter within Mexico's current borders and maritime ...
The earthquake measured 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale that started 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). [14] It occurred at 22:40 UTC (1540 local time ) on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, and it is said to have lasted about a minute and 29 seconds. [ 3 ]
The 1964 Guerrero earthquake occurred on July 6 at 01:22 local time in Guerrero, Mexico. The magnitude of this earthquake was given as M s 7.4, [ 2 ] or M L 7.2. [ 3 ]
These two earthquakes are considered a regional earthquake sequence, rather than a main shock and aftershock. [ 11 ] The magnitude 5.7 Little Skull Mountain (LSM) earthquake the following day, June 29, 1992, at 10:14 UTC near Yucca Mountain , Nevada, is also considered part of the regional sequence and may have been triggered by surface wave ...
Eleven days later, a M 7.1 earthquake struck closer to Mexico City, 230 km northeast of today's earthquake, resulting in over 300 fatalities and significant damage in Mexico City and the surrounding region. [2] A second quake, registering 5.9, struck Oaxaca on February 19, 2018, around 12:57 AM local time.