August 16, 1711 Earthquake: Mexico City, Colima, Guadalajara
An earthquake struck Mexico City, Colima, Guadalajara on August 16, 1711.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- August 16, 1711
- Place
- Mexico City, Colima, Guadalajara
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 19.200° N, 103.700° W
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- North America and Hawaii
The toll
- Deaths
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1711, Aug 16. Destructor: México, Colima y Guadalajara, varios muertos; también se sintió en Oaxaca y Veracruz; en Puebla gran destrucción. (reference #1195)
1711, Aug 16. Mexico, Colima, Guadalajara, several dead. (reference #1002)
1711, Aug. 16. Mexico, Mexico City, Tlaxcala, Colima, Guadalajara in Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla and east and south of country, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1195 Figueroa A., J. (1963). Historia Sismicia y Estadistica de Temblores de la Costa Occidental de Mexico. Bibliographical Bulletin of American Geophysics and Oceanography, vol. III, Instituto Panamericano de Geographia e Historia, Mexico, D.F. Mexico, p. 107-134.
- #1002 Lomnitz, Cinna (1974). Development in Geotectonics #5, Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1974.
- #1055 Milne, John (1911). Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes [7 to 1899 A.D.], Report of the 81st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth, London, United Kingdom, p. 649-740.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 19, 1985, Mexico City, Michoacan
- May 31, 1818, Morelos-Guerrero,mexico City,guadalajara
- March 25, 1806, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico
- June 3, 1932, Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico
- April 15, 1941, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico
- June 22, 1932, Central, Mexico
- December 27, 1568, Cocula,jalisco, Mexico
- October 2, 1847, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico
- January 30, 1973, S, Farias, Tecoman, Mexico
- October 9, 1995, Jalisco, Manzanillo, San Patricio Melaque, Mexico
- January 22, 2003, Villa DE Alvarez, Colima, Tecoman, Jalisco, Mexico
- February 11, 1875, San Cristobal DE LA Barranca, Mexico
- September 22, 2022, Mexico City, Michoacan
- September 19, 2022, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico
- January 11, 1997, Michoacan, Arteaga, Mexico
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 1182.