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M7.0 earthquake 7 km N of Jesús Carranza, Mexico
Friday, June 2, 1916, 13:59:25 UTC · 17.507°N, 95.019°W
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 7 km N of Jesús Carranza, Mexico on Friday, June 2, 1916, 13:59:25 UTC, at a depth of 100.0 km (intermediate). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M7.8 on April 15, 1907.
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Major · mB
- Depth
- 100 km
- Intermediate
- 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
477 kilotons of TNT
That is about 32 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 1,000 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
260 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Cocos and North American plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: intermediate
100 km
Intermediate-depth earthquakes usually break inside a plate that is sinking into the mantle. Shaking spreads over a wide area but is gentler at the epicenter than a shallow quake of the same size.
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 200 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 200 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 5 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
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 31 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1870M7.9
Oaxaca,Zanaguia,San Francisco Ozolotepec
11 May 1870 · 271 km away
24 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1801M7.0
Oaxaca
5 Oct 1801 · 185 km away
7 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1902M7.8
Venustiano Carranza,Chiapas,Chis,Tabasco
23 Sep 1902 · 276 km away · intensity VIII
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1845M7.5
Oaxaca
9 Mar 1845 · 233 km away · intensity V
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1872M7.4
Oaxaca,Mexico City
27 Mar 1872 · 206 km away · intensity VII
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1897M7.0
Oaxaca: Tehuantepec
5 Jun 1897 · 147 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.