November 15, 1731 Earthquake: Mexico
An earthquake struck Mexico on November 15, 1731. It killed 1 person.
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
- November 15, 1731
- Place
- Mexico
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 23.000° N, 102.000° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
1731 Nov 15. Destructive: 1 death various injured. (reference #1195)
1731 Nov 7 and 15. Mexico, Mexico City (reference #1055)
Reference #13234 mentions earthquake on night of 15th following n earthquake on the 7th. A house was destroyed killing one person and others were injured. Cites Orozco (1887).
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1257.