What the records say
- When
- 9 Oct 1995
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 19.05° N, 104.20° W
- Deaths
- 50
- Injuries
- 200
- Max water height m
- 11
- Source quake magnitude
- 8
- Runups
- 35
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1995 Colima–Jalisco earthquake
Earthquake in Mexico
The 1995 Colima–Jalisco earthquake occurred on October 9 at 15:35 UTC with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock occurred off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico, where a tsunami was triggered that affected a 200 km (120 mi) stretch of the coast. The earthquake could be felt in Mexico City and in high-rise buildings in Dallas and Houston.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
Related events
Nearby in time and place
- 1992 Guadalajara explosions22 Apr 1992 · Explosion
- TAESA Flight 7259 Nov 1999 · Air disaster
- A solar eclipse of record totality occurs in the Northern hemisphere and is witnessed by hundreds of millions of people in Hawaii, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil11 Jul 1991 · Event
- Battle of Calderón Bridge17 Jan 2000 · Battle
- Air-military parade accident on September 16, 1995 (Mexico)16 Sep 1995 · Air disaster
- San Andrés Accords1996 · Treaty
- murder of Fernando Balderas Sánchez and Yolanda Figueroa4 Dec 1996 · Murder
- assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta23 Mar 1994 · Murder