June 28, 1938 Earthquake: Teloloapan, Mexico
An earthquake struck Teloloapan, Mexico on June 28, 1938.
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
- June 28, 1938
- Place
- Teloloapan, Mexico
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 18.200° N, 99.500° 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.
- September 19, 2017, Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla
- October 24, 1980, S, Huajapan DE Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico
- November 19, 1912, Central, Acambay, Tixmadeje, Mexico
- July 6, 1964, Guerrero, Mexico
- July 28, 1957, Acapulco,mexico City
- October 3, 1864, Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, Mexico
- April 15, 1907, Guerrero, Mexico
- July 19, 1882, Puebla,huahuapan,huamuxtitlan,xalpatlahuac, Mexico
- March 14, 1979, Guerrero, Mexico
- May 11, 1962, Southern Mexico
- May 19, 1962, Southern Mexico
- September 8, 2021, Guerrero, Mexico
- April 25, 1989, Mexico City, Acapulco
- September 14, 1995, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico City
- December 11, 2011, 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 3622.