November 12, 1942 Earthquake: Juchitan, Mexico
An earthquake struck Juchitan, Mexico on November 12, 1942.
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
- November 12, 1942
- Place
- Juchitan, Mexico
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 16.300° N, 95.000° 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 8, 2017, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Guatemala, Mexico
- May 11, 1870, Oaxaca,zanaguia,san Francisco Ozolotepec, Mexico
- June 23, 2020, Oaxaca, Mexico
- November 29, 1978, Oaxaca, Mexico
- October 5, 1801, Oaxaca, Mexico
- August 23, 1965, Mexico City, Oaxaca
- September 23, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico
- December 17, 2015, Cocotitlan, Mexico
- July 29, 2014, Oaxaca, Mexico
- July 9, 1951, Miahiatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
- January 24, 1983, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico
- June 20, 1897, Tehuantepec, Mexico
- November 24, 2025, Oaxaca, Mexico
- May 25, 2022, Oaxaca, Mexico
- March 22, 1928, Oaxaca, 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 3717.