July 14, 1739 Earthquake: Colima, Mexico

Date

July 14, 1739

Place

Colima, Mexico

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

19.200° N, 104.000° W

Country

Mexico

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.

• September 19, 1985, Mexico City, MichoacanM8.1 · 9,500 deaths · $4 billion · 191 km
• May 31, 1818, Morelos-Guerrero,mexico City,guadalajaraM8.2 · 2,000 deaths · 13 km
• March 25, 1806, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, MexicoM7.5 · 2,000 deaths · 39 km
• June 3, 1932, Near Coast of Jalisco, MexicoM8.1 · 400 deaths · 48 km
• April 15, 1941, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, MexicoM7.6 · 84 deaths · $2 million · 121 km
• June 22, 1932, Central, MexicoM7.7 · 75 deaths · 400 houses destroyed · 40 km
• December 27, 1568, Cocula,jalisco, MexicoM7.2 · 60 deaths · 143 km
• October 2, 1847, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico58 deaths · 177 km
• January 30, 1973, S, Farias, Tecoman, MexicoM7.5 · 56 deaths · 132 km
• October 9, 1995, Jalisco, Manzanillo, San Patricio Melaque, MexicoM8 · 50 deaths · 27 km
• January 22, 2003, Villa DE Alvarez, Colima, Tecoman, Jalisco, MexicoM7.5 · 29 deaths · $116.3 million · 2,005 houses destroyed · 49 km
• February 11, 1875, San Cristobal DE LA Barranca, MexicoM7.5 · 25 deaths · 178 km
• September 22, 2022, Mexico City, MichoacanM6.8 · 3 deaths · 152 km
• September 19, 2022, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, MexicoM7.6 · 2 deaths · $25 million · 800 houses destroyed · 138 km
• January 11, 1997, Michoacan, Arteaga, MexicoM7.2 · 1 death · 170 km

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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 1277.