February 10, 1928 Earthquake: Oaxaca,colima,puebla,guerrero,morelos, Mexico
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Oaxaca,colima,puebla,guerrero,morelos, Mexico on February 10, 1928 at 04:38:38 UTC, 80 km below the surface.
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
- February 10, 1928
- Time
- 04:38:38 UTC
- Place
- Oaxaca,colima,puebla,guerrero,morelos, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 80 km (50 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 18.362° N, 98.194° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1928 Feb 10, 04:38:38.61 UTC, 18.362 N 98.194 W, magnitude 6.22 Mw (reference #10476, v.10)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 3, 1920, Patlanala, Cozautlan, Puebla, Veracruz, Mexico
- August 28, 1973, Veracruz, Mexico City
- September 19, 2017, Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla
- October 24, 1980, S, Huajapan DE Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico
- June 15, 1999, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, Mexico
- July 19, 1882, Puebla,huahuapan,huamuxtitlan,xalpatlahuac, Mexico
- December 23, 1937, Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico
- May 11, 1962, Southern Mexico
- September 14, 1995, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico City
- May 19, 1962, Southern Mexico
- January 16, 1902, Guerrero, Mexico
- December 11, 2011, Guerrero, Mexico
- July 30, 1667, Puebla, Mexico
- January 2, 1866, Puebla, Veracruz, Mexico
- March 26, 1908, Guerrero, 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 3342.