May 8, 1933 Earthquake: Guerrero, Mexico
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Guerrero, Mexico on May 8, 1933 at 10:33:51 UTC, 30 km below the surface. It caused a tsunami.
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, 1933
- Time
- 10:33:51 UTC
- Place
- Guerrero, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 30 km (19 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 17.404° N, 100.908° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
1933 May 08, 10:33:51.2 UTC, 17.404 N 100.908 W, depth 30 km, magnitude 6.7 Mw (reference #10476, v.10)
1933 May 08, 10:33:49.85 UTC, 17.332 N 100.901 W, depth 35 km, magnitude 6.8 Unk (reference #9910)
1933 May 08, strong on coasts of Guerrero (reference #1195)
1933 May 08, 17 N 101 W, Destructive in Mexico. (reference #45)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 19, 1985, Mexico City, Michoacan
- July 6, 1964, Guerrero, Mexico
- October 3, 1864, Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, Mexico
- April 15, 1907, Guerrero, Mexico
- February 22, 1943, Paricutin Volcano Forms, Guerrero, Mexico
- March 14, 1979, Guerrero, Mexico
- May 11, 1962, Southern Mexico
- September 8, 2021, Guerrero, Mexico
- October 25, 1981, Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico
- May 19, 1962, Southern Mexico
- April 25, 1989, Mexico City, Acapulco
- December 11, 2011, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 16, 1902, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 2, 2026, Guerrero, Mexico
- December 4, 1852, S. 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 10718.