October 3, 1864 Earthquake: Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, Mexico
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, Mexico on October 3, 1864. It killed 20 people.
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
- October 3, 1864
- Place
- Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 7
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 17.500° N, 100.100° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Deaths
- 20
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1864 Oct 03. Destructive: Puebla and Veracruz. In Puebla 20 dead and many injured; in Acultzingo and Acatzingo many casualties, same in San Andres Chalchicomula. (reference #1195)
1864 Oct 03, 17.5 N 100.1 W. An example of the formal inversion of in-slab earthquakes is the San Gerardo earthquake on 3 October 1864. (reference #13079)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 6, 1964, Guerrero, Mexico
- July 28, 1957, Acapulco,mexico City
- April 15, 1907, Guerrero, Mexico
- March 14, 1979, Guerrero, Mexico
- February 22, 1943, Paricutin Volcano Forms, Guerrero, Mexico
- May 11, 1962, Southern Mexico
- September 8, 2021, Guerrero, Mexico
- May 19, 1962, Southern Mexico
- April 25, 1989, Mexico City, Acapulco
- September 14, 1995, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico City
- December 11, 2011, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 16, 1902, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 2, 2026, Guerrero, Mexico
- December 4, 1852, S. Mexico
- March 19, 1978, Acapulco, Mexico
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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 2087.