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M6.0 earthquake 76 km SSW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Tuesday, May 11, 1926, 11:20:24 UTC · 18.625°N, 105.080°W
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 76 km SSW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico on Tuesday, May 11, 1926, 11:20:24 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.9 on November 16, 1925.
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
17 kilotons of TNT
That is about the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 36 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
2 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Cocos and North American plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
15 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 100 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 12 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.619 km W of Arteaga, MexicoJune 7, 1911 · 277 km E of this epicenter
- 7.0166 km WSW of Corral del Risco (Punta de Mita), MexicoMay 9, 1905 · 292 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.9211 km SW of José María Morelos, MexicoNovember 16, 1925 · 175 km W of this epicenter
- 6.633 km SSW of Cuyutlán, MexicoMay 1, 1921 · 95 km E of this epicenter
- 6.512 km NW of Tumbiscatío de Ruiz, MexicoJune 7, 1918 · 275 km E of this epicenter
- 6.4262 km SW of La Cruz de Loreto, MexicoApril 18, 1919 · 238 km W of this epicenter
- 6.4179 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, MexicoJuly 7, 1925 · 206 km W of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 21 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 4,025 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1806M7.5
Jalisco,Oaxaca,Michoacan
25 Mar 1806 · 138 km away · intensity VIII
2,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1818M8.2
Morelos-Guerrero,Mexico City,Guadalajara
31 May 1818 · 131 km away · intensity X
2,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1875M7.5
San Cristobal De La Barranca
11 Feb 1875 · 290 km away
25 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1911M7.6
Colima, Jalisco, Mexico City
7 Jun 1911 · 277 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1900M7.3
Mexico
20 Jan 1900 · 153 km away · intensity VIII
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1711
Mexico City, Colima, Guadalajara
16 Aug 1711 · 159 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.