May 3, 1815 Earthquake: Oaxaca,tamazulapan, Mexico

Date

May 3, 1815

Place

Oaxaca,tamazulapan, Mexico

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

17.000° N, 96.300° W

Country

Mexico

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses damaged

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.

• August 28, 1973, Veracruz, Mexico CityM6.2 · 527 deaths · 145 km
• September 30, 1999, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.5 · 35 deaths · $164.8 million · 124 km
• July 26, 1937, Esperanza, Veracruz, Central, Puebla, MexicoM7.2 · 34 deaths · 175 km
• May 11, 1870, Oaxaca,zanaguia,san Francisco Ozolotepec, MexicoM7.9 · 24 deaths · 178 km
• June 15, 1999, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, MexicoM7 · 20 deaths · $226.8 million · 196 km
• August 2, 1968, Oaxaca, Guerrero, MexicoM7.3 · 18 deaths · $2.4 million · 162 km
• February 16, 2018, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.2 · 14 deaths · $100 million · 191 km
• June 23, 2020, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.4 · 10 deaths · $75 million · 128 km
• November 29, 1978, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.7 · 9 deaths · 114 km
• October 5, 1801, Oaxaca, MexicoM7 · 7 deaths · 91 km
• August 23, 1965, Mexico City, OaxacaM7.8 · 6 deaths · 94 km
• September 23, 2017, Oaxaca, MexicoM6.1 · 5 deaths · 11 houses destroyed · 137 km
• June 17, 1928, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.7 · 4 deaths · 134 km
• May 5, 1854, Veracruz,oaxaca, MexicoM7.7 · 4 deaths · 166 km
• July 29, 2014, Oaxaca, MexicoM6.3 · 1 death · 102 km

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