November 17, 1950 Earthquake: Guerrero, Mexico

Date

November 17, 1950

Time

19:28:00 UTC

Place

Guerrero, Mexico

Magnitude

6.8

Intensity

11 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

16.500° N, 100.400° W

Country

Mexico

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.

• July 6, 1964, Guerrero, MexicoM7.3 · 78 deaths · 183 km
• July 28, 1957, Acapulco,mexico CityM7.9 · 65 deaths · $25 million · 139 km
• October 3, 1864, Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, MexicoM7 · 20 deaths · 116 km
• April 15, 1907, Guerrero, MexicoM8.3 · 8 deaths · 70 km
• February 22, 1943, Paricutin Volcano Forms, Guerrero, MexicoM7.4 · 5 deaths · 144 km
• March 14, 1979, Guerrero, MexicoM7.6 · 5 deaths · $30 million · 200 houses destroyed · 173 km
• May 11, 1962, Southern MexicoM7 · 4 deaths · 115 km
• September 8, 2021, Guerrero, MexicoM7 · 3 deaths · $200 million · 86 km
• April 25, 1989, Mexico City, AcapulcoM6.8 · 3 deaths · 118 km
• May 19, 1962, Southern MexicoM7.2 · 3 deaths · 123 km
• September 14, 1995, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico CityM7.4 · 3 deaths · 195 km
• January 2, 2026, Guerrero, MexicoM6.5 · 2 deaths · $3.6 million · 380 houses destroyed · 125 km
• January 16, 1902, Guerrero, MexicoM7 · 2 deaths · 144 km
• December 11, 2011, Guerrero, MexicoM6.4 · 2 deaths · 156 km
• December 4, 1852, S. Mexico1 death · 70 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 3957.