November 6, 1774 Earthquake: Jalisco,zacatecas, Mexico

Name: November 6, 1774 Earthquake: Jalisco,zacatecas, Mexico
Start: 1774-11-06
Location: Jalisco,zacatecas, Mexico

November 6, 1774

An earthquake struck Jalisco,zacatecas, Mexico on November 6, 1774.

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 6, 1774
Place: Jalisco,zacatecas, Mexico
Intensity: 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 22.040° N, 103.730° W
Country: Mexico

The toll

Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses damaged: Very many (over 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.

The 6 November 1774 mainshock caused moderate-to severe damage to the building stock of several communities (Table 2). Most severely damaged was the village of Azqueltan.In Colotlan and Bolanos, the mainshock caused widespread construction damage. In both towns, the parish churches were beyond repair, but not one building collapsed. Damage similar to the one in Colotlan was reported from communities all over the Fronteras de Colotlan region.

resulting intensity magnitude of the mainshock is 6:6 +/- 0.5 based on the estimated felt area.

(all above from reference #12695)

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 10489.