April 7, 1868 Earthquake: Guanajuato, Mexico
An earthquake struck Guanajuato, Mexico on April 7, 1868.
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
- April 7, 1868
- Place
- Guanajuato, Mexico
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 21.000° N, 101.000° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
1868 April 07. Destructive in Guanajuato (reference #1195)
1868 April 07. Mexico, San Jose de Iturbide in San Luis Potosi (reference #1055)
1868 April 07. Some houses cracked in the two earthquakes. The event of May 22 produced important cracks in the vault of the presbytery and the choir of the church of San Jose Iturbide, SLP. It also caused some minor damages in houses and farms of the same city. (reference #13024)
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 2127.