Largest earthquakes in or near Mexico on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, Mexico has had 55 quakes of magnitudes up to 8.1:

3 quakes above magnitude 8
52 quakes between magnitude 7 and 8

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 7.3 or higher, within up to 100 km (62 mi) distance (55 quakes):

Largest earthquakes in or near Mexico on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Aug 2, 1968 09:06 am (Mexico City)	7.3 25 km		Oaxaca, Mexico	Info
Monday, August 23, 1965 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 23, 1965 01:46 pm (Mexico City)	7.4 25 km		Oaxaca, Mexico	Info
Monday, July 6, 1964 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 6, 1964 02:22 am (Mexico City)	7.3 93 km		Guerrero, Mexico	Info
Friday, May 11, 1962 GMT (2 quakes)
May 11, 1962 08:11 am (Mexico City)	7.0 25 km		Guerrero, Mexico	Info
May 11, 1962 09:11 am (Mexico City)	7.0 25 km		1 km SSW of Ejido Nuevo, Mexico	Info
Sunday, July 28, 1957 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 28, 1957 03:40 am (Mexico City)	7.6 38 km		4.5 km southeast of Acalmani, Guerrero, Mexico	Info
Thursday, April 29, 1954 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 29, 1954 04:34 am (Tijuana)	7.2 10 km	11 km (6.8 mi) to the NW	Baja California, Mexico	Info
Thursday, December 14, 1950 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 14, 1950 02:15 pm (Universal Time)	7.1 35 km		Guerrero, Mexico	Info
Monday, October 23, 1950 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 23, 1950 04:13 pm (Universal Time)	7.2 65 km	42 km (26 mi) to the SE		Info
Wednesday, June 28, 1944 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 28, 1944 07:58 am (Universal Time)	7.0 25 km	71 km (44 mi) to the SE	offshore Chiapas, Mexico	Info
Monday, February 22, 1943 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 22, 1943 09:20 am (Universal Time)	7.4 20 km	9 km (5.6 mi) to the S	offshore Guerrero, Mexico	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 7.8 x 10¹⁷ joules (2.2 x 10⁵ gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 x 10⁸ tons of TNT or 11577 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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