What the records say
- When
- 14 Mar 1979
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Where
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 17.81° N, 101.28° W
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 35
- Damage musd
- 30
- Houses destroyed
- 200
- Depth km
- 49
1979 Petatlán earthquake
Earthquake in Mexico
The 1979 Petatlán earthquake, also known as the IBERO earthquake occurred on March 14 at 05:07 local time in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The earthquake had a surface-wave magnitude of Ms 7.6 or moment magnitude of Mw 7.4 and maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter, onshore, was located 12 km south southeast of Vallecitos de Zaragoza.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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