What the records say
- When
- 4 Dec 1852
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 17.00° N, 100.00° W
- Deaths
- 1
- Source quake magnitude
- 7
- Runups
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1852 Acapulco earthquake
Natural disaster
The 1852 Acapulco earthquake had an estimated magnitude of Mw 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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