January 20, 1900 Earthquake: Mexico

January 20, 1900, 06:33 UTC, 20 N, 105 W, magnitude 8.3. (reference #1006)

January 20, 1900, 06:33:30 UTC, 20 N, 105 W, magnitude 8.2. (reference #88)

January 19, 1900, destructive in Colima, landslides in Guadalajara. (reference #1195)

January 20, 1900, 06:33 UTC, 20 N, 105 W, magnitude 7.4 MS. (reference #2231)

January 20, 1900, 06:33 UTC, 20 N, 105 W, magnitude 7.3 Mw. (reference #9910)

January 20, 1900, 20 N, 105 W, magnitude 8.1. Important villages in Jalisco and Colima states suffered major damage from this earthquake, which happened at 23:45 hr on 19 January (local time). The Cuyutlan lagoon (Colima state) showed noticeable changes (Morales, 1900), train traffic was interrupted when the railway subsided by about 60 cm (El Estado de Colima, 1900; Morales, 1900), and several landslides occurred along the railroad. The earthquake also caused damage in México City and Michoacan […] On 2 and 3 March, two North American newspapers published the next news, in which a tsunami was described (Fig. 4e): “A special to the Record from Guadalajara (Mexico) says: The recent earthquakes which were felt throughout Southern Mexico did much greater damage than was indicated by the earlier reports. News from remote coast and mountain towns has just reached Guadalajara and stories of great destruction of property and considerable loss of life are told.(reference #13627)

Reference #13024 states that in Mexico City, minor damage to hospitals. People ran out of their homes at night. In Colima, several churches suffered serious cracks in the vaults and domes, in some cases with walls collapsing. Many schools had walls and corridors cracked and collapsed. In many towns of Colima and Jalisco many churches partially fell down and others were seriously cracked. In Toliman, Teutlan, Tecoman, Col. churches and some houses fell. The same was observed in Ocotlan, Zapotitlan, Tecalitlan, and Ixhuacatlan, Jal.

Reference #13234 provides many reports, including the following observations: from Colima that the shaking lasted 58 seconds and the the origin was Colima volcano; from Colima shaking last 1 min 15 sec and significant destruction (p. 531); 8 dead 15 injured in Colima (p.533); 6 dead 67 injured in Colima, Cuyutlan lagoon sank 60 cm; 7 dead 77 injured in Colima (p.534); Autlan, Jalisco, 15 houses collapsed; Ocotlan, Jalisco, 2 dead in church; Pihuamo, Jalisco, one death and injury (p. 536).