January 2, 1854 Earthquake: Durango, Mexico

Name: January 2, 1854 Earthquake: Durango, Mexico
Start: 1854-01-02
Location: Durango, Mexico

January 2, 1854

An earthquake struck Durango, Mexico on January 2, 1854.

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: January 2, 1854
Place: Durango, Mexico
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 24.000° N, 104.400° W
Country: Mexico

The toll

Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

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 1951.