January 24, 1899 Earthquake: Guerrero-Oaxaca, Mexico

Date

January 24, 1899

Time

23:43 UTC

Place

Guerrero-Oaxaca, Mexico

Magnitude

8.4

Focal depth

60 km (37 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

17.000° N, 98.000° W

Country

Mexico

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.

• September 19, 2017, Mexico City, Morelos, PueblaM7.1 · 369 deaths · $8 billion · 226 houses destroyed · 180 km
• October 24, 1980, S, Huajapan DE Leon, Oaxaca, MexicoM6.4 · 300 deaths · $5 million · 137 km
• July 28, 1957, Acapulco,mexico CityM7.9 · 65 deaths · $25 million · 130 km
• September 30, 1999, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.5 · 35 deaths · $164.8 million · 155 km
• June 15, 1999, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, MexicoM7 · 20 deaths · $226.8 million · 165 km
• August 2, 1968, Oaxaca, Guerrero, MexicoM7.3 · 18 deaths · $2.4 million · 60 km
• February 16, 2018, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.2 · 14 deaths · $100 million · 68 km
• March 28, 1787, San Marcos, Oaxaca, MexicoM8.6 · 11 deaths · 77 km
• June 7, 1982, Guererro, Orziba, Oaxaca, Guadalupe, MexicoM7 · 9 deaths · 62 km
• November 29, 1978, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.7 · 9 deaths · 186 km
• July 19, 1882, Puebla,huahuapan,huamuxtitlan,xalpatlahuac, MexicoM7.5 · 7 deaths · 81 km
• December 23, 1937, Ometepec, Guerrero, MexicoM7.4 · 4 deaths · 53 km
• May 5, 1854, Veracruz,oaxaca, MexicoM7.7 · 4 deaths · 79 km
• June 17, 1928, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.7 · 4 deaths · 149 km
• May 11, 1962, Southern MexicoM7 · 4 deaths · 171 km

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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 2548.