M 8.0 earthquake – 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake
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Local time: Oct 9, 1995 · 09:35 (UTC-6)
GreatShallow · 33 km
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- Magnitude
- 8.0moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 33 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 19.055, -104.20516 km from Manzanillo
- Energy released
- 15 megatons of TNTabout 1,005 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 8.4max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 15M2.5+ within 286 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 985USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1985
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Sep 19, 1985.
How strong was it?
Great earthquake. It released 15 megatons of TNT, 31,623 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
15 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 286 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.9 53 km SSW of José María Morelos, Mexico Oct 9, 1995
- 4.9 17 km SSW of Manzanillo, Mexico Oct 9, 1995
- 4.7 18 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico Oct 9, 1995
- 5.1 9 km SSE of Cuyutlán, Mexico Oct 10, 1995
- 4.7 Near the coast of Colima, Mexico Oct 10, 1995
- 4.6 47 km SSW of José María Morelos, Mexico Oct 11, 1995
- 6.0 13 km SSE of Cuyutlán, Mexico Oct 12, 1995
- 5.0 14 km SW of La Central, Mexico Oct 16, 1995
- 5.5 16 km S of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico Oct 18, 1995
- 4.5 5 km W of La Central, Mexico Oct 23, 1995
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mexico.
- 8.1 1932 Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake Jun 3, 1932
- 8.0 1985 Michoacan, Mexico Earthquake Sep 19, 1985
- 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
- 7.6 19 km W of Arteaga, Mexico Jun 7, 1911
In the week before
Earthquakes within 286 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.