What the records say
- When
- 28 Aug 1973
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Where
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 18.27° N, 96.60° W
- Deaths
- 527
- Injuries
- 4000
- Intensity mmi
- 7
- Depth km
- 84
1973 Veracruz earthquake
Earthquake in Mexico
The 1973 Veracruz earthquake, also known as El Terremoto de Orizaba, occurred at 3:50 a.m. local time on August 28, 1973, with the epicenter located in the vicinity of Ciudad Serdán in the Mexican state of Puebla. It registered 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1973 Veracruz earthquake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en México, un terremoto de 7.3 azota las ciudades de Orizaba, Córdoba, Río Blanco, Ciudad Serdán e Ixtaczoquitlán, dejando un saldo en total de 8000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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