Earthquakes near Chilpancingo, 2017–2026
From 2017 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 34 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Chilpancingo, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. The strongest was a magnitude 7.1 on September 19, 2017 (1 km S of Matzaco, Mexico).
The last 30 days · as of
USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Chilpancingo in the last 30 days.
What the record holds
It was also the deadliest: NOAA records 369 deaths for it. 3 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 3 of the events here, 374 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 6.5 on January 2, 2026 (0 km W of San Marcos, Mexico). NOAA lists 2 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Chilpancingo. The highest of them reached 0.48 m, on September 8, 2021.
The events
- January 2, 2026Earthquake · M 6.50 km W of San Marcos, Mexico · 2 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- September 8, 2021Earthquake · M 7.0Acapulco, Mexico · 3 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- September 8, 2021Tsunami · 0.48 m highS. MexicoNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- September 19, 2017Earthquake · M 7.11 km S of Matzaco, Mexico · 369 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
Good to know
- An event counts for Chilpancingo when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
- USGS counts are its ComCat catalogue’s earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more, aftershocks included.
- NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
- Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
- A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
- Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.
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