1749 Earthquake: Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City
An earthquake struck Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City in 1749.
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
- 1749
- Place
- Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 20.700° N, 103.300° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
1749, 1750 Ruinous: Colima, Guadalajara and México. (reference #1195)
1749 and 1750, Mexico, Colima, Sayula, Zapotlan, and Amacucpan in (Jalisco), intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts.
(reference #1055)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 31, 1818, Morelos-Guerrero,mexico City,guadalajara
- June 3, 1932, Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico
- June 22, 1932, Central, Mexico
- December 27, 1568, Cocula,jalisco, Mexico
- October 2, 1847, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico
- February 11, 1875, San Cristobal DE LA Barranca, Mexico
- 1750, Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City
- May 8, 1912, Guadalajara, Mexico
- March 22, 1878, Jalisco, Mexico
- May 9, 1905, Jalisco, Mexico
- 1777, Jalisco, Mexico
- April 30, 1921, Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico
- November 6, 1774, Jalisco,zacatecas, Mexico
- June 29, 1759, Jorullo, Mexico
- August 16, 1711, Mexico City, Colima, Guadalajara
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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 1302.