October 5, 1937 Earthquake: Chilpancingo,tixtla, Mexico

Date

October 5, 1937

Place

Chilpancingo,tixtla, Mexico

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

17.300° N, 99.300° W

Country

Mexico

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.

• September 19, 2017, Mexico City, Morelos, PueblaM7.1 · 369 deaths · $8 billion · 226 houses destroyed · 163 km
• October 24, 1980, S, Huajapan DE Leon, Oaxaca, MexicoM6.4 · 300 deaths · $5 million · 151 km
• July 6, 1964, Guerrero, MexicoM7.3 · 78 deaths · 167 km
• July 28, 1957, Acapulco,mexico CityM7.9 · 65 deaths · $25 million · 91 km
• October 3, 1864, Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, MexicoM7 · 20 deaths · 88 km
• August 2, 1968, Oaxaca, Guerrero, MexicoM7.3 · 18 deaths · $2.4 million · 187 km
• February 16, 2018, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.2 · 14 deaths · $100 million · 173 km
• March 28, 1787, San Marcos, Oaxaca, MexicoM8.6 · 11 deaths · 123 km
• June 7, 1982, Guererro, Orziba, Oaxaca, Guadalupe, MexicoM7 · 9 deaths · 130 km
• April 15, 1907, Guerrero, MexicoM8.3 · 8 deaths · 82 km
• July 19, 1882, Puebla,huahuapan,huamuxtitlan,xalpatlahuac, MexicoM7.5 · 7 deaths · 125 km
• May 11, 1962, Southern MexicoM7 · 4 deaths · 34 km
• December 23, 1937, Ometepec, Guerrero, MexicoM7.4 · 4 deaths · 125 km
• May 19, 1962, Southern MexicoM7.2 · 3 deaths · 24 km
• April 25, 1989, Mexico City, AcapulcoM6.8 · 3 deaths · 59 km

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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 3601.