May 9, 1905 Earthquake: Jalisco, Mexico
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Jalisco, Mexico on May 9, 1905 at 06:05:00 UTC.
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
- May 9, 1905
- Time
- 06:05:00 UTC
- Place
- Jalisco, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 6.3 (ML)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 20.300° N, 103.400° 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.
Reference #13024 states that in Sayula, Jal. it is reported that the parish church was damaged again and that it caused a lot of damage to other buildings, without giving details. In Mascota and Autlan, Jal. there is talk of some damage to farms and houses.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 31, 1818, Morelos-Guerrero,mexico City,guadalajara
- March 25, 1806, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico
- June 3, 1932, Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico
- April 15, 1941, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico
- June 22, 1932, Central, Mexico
- December 27, 1568, Cocula,jalisco, Mexico
- October 2, 1847, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico
- October 9, 1995, Jalisco, Manzanillo, San Patricio Melaque, Mexico
- January 22, 2003, Villa DE Alvarez, Colima, Tecoman, Jalisco, Mexico
- February 11, 1875, San Cristobal DE LA Barranca, Mexico
- March 22, 1878, Jalisco, Mexico
- May 8, 1912, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 1777, Jalisco, Mexico
- 1749, Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City
- 1750, Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City
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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 2712.