Significant earthquakes of 1868

May 22, 1868 Earthquake: San Jose DE Iturbide,puebla,veracruz, Mexico

May 22, 1868

An earthquake struck San Jose DE Iturbide,puebla,veracruz, Mexico on May 22, 1868.

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The earthquake

Date
May 22, 1868
Place
San Jose DE Iturbide,puebla,veracruz, Mexico
Intensity
VI, strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
21.200° N, 100.500° W
Country
Mexico
Region
North America and Hawaii

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.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

1868 May 22, destructive San Jose de Iturbide, Gto. strong in Puebla and Veracruz (reference #1195)

1868 May 22. Mexico, Iturbide, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico, Tehuantepec. (reference #1055)

1868 May 22. From Orizaba, Ver. it is reported that the Parroquia clock tower fell for the third time. In the other sites reported there is no evidence of damage. (reference #13024)

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

  1. #1195 Figueroa A., J. (1963). Historia Sismicia y Estadistica de Temblores de la Costa Occidental de Mexico. Bibliographical Bulletin of American Geophysics and Oceanography, vol. III, Instituto Panamericano de Geographia e Historia, Mexico, D.F. Mexico, p. 107-134.
  2. #1055 Milne, John (1911). Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes [7 to 1899 A.D.], Report of the 81st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth, London, United Kingdom, p. 649-740.
  3. #13024 Suarez, Gerardo (2015 (?)). Catalogo de Sismos Historicos de Mexico. Instituto de Geofisica de la UNAM. Link.

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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 2129.