What the records say
- When
- 30 Jan 1973
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Where
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 18.48° N, 103.00° W
- Deaths
- 56
- Injuries
- 390
- Depth km
- 43
1973 Colima earthquake
Earthquake in Mexico
On January 30, 1973, at 15:01 (UTC–6), a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck 35.3 km (21.9 mi) beneath the Sierra Madre del Sur range in the Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco and Michoacán. On the Mercalli intensity scale, the earthquake reached a maximum intensity of X (Extreme), causing serious damage in the region. At least 56 people were killed and about 390 were injured.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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