May 8, 1912 Earthquake: Guadalajara, Mexico
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Guadalajara, Mexico on May 8, 1912.
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 8, 1912
- Place
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 6
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 20.400° N, 103.200° W
- Country
- Mexico
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.
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
- February 11, 1875, San Cristobal DE LA Barranca, Mexico
- March 22, 1878, Jalisco, Mexico
- May 9, 1905, Jalisco, Mexico
- 1749, Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City
- 1750, Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City
- 1777, Jalisco, Mexico
- June 29, 1759, Jorullo, Mexico
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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 2951.