M 7.3 earthquake – Jalisco, Mexico
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Local time: Jan 19, 1900 · 23:56 (UTC-6:36)
Major
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- Magnitude
- 7.3moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- —
- Epicenter
- 20.000, -105.00064 km from El Salto
- Energy released
- 1.3 megatons of TNTabout 90 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 110 km
- Significance
- 820USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 1.3 megatons of TNT, 2,818 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mexico.
- 8.1 1932 Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake Jun 3, 1932
- 8.0 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake Oct 9, 1995
- 7.8 7 km E of Los Tepames, Mexico Jun 18, 1932
- 7.7 12 km NNE of La Central, Mexico Jun 22, 1932
- 7.6 35 km SSW of Aguililla, Mexico Sep 19, 2022
- 7.6 16 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico Jan 22, 2003
- 7.6 21 km ESE of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Mexico Apr 15, 1941
- 7.5 35 km SW of Aguililla, Mexico Jan 30, 1973