June 7, 1982 Earthquake: Guererro, Orziba, Oaxaca, Guadalupe, Mexico
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Guererro, Orziba, Oaxaca, Guadalupe, Mexico on June 7, 1982 at 10:59:40 UTC, 34 km below the surface. It killed 9 people.
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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 7, 1982
- Time
- 10:59:40 UTC
- Place
- Guererro, Orziba, Oaxaca, Guadalupe, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 7 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 34 km (21 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 16.558° N, 98.358° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- 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.
- October 24, 1980, S, Huajapan DE Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico
- July 28, 1957, Acapulco,mexico City
- September 30, 1999, Oaxaca, Mexico
- August 2, 1968, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Mexico
- February 16, 2018, Oaxaca, Mexico
- March 28, 1787, San Marcos, Oaxaca, Mexico
- November 29, 1978, Oaxaca, Mexico
- April 15, 1907, Guerrero, Mexico
- July 19, 1882, Puebla,huahuapan,huamuxtitlan,xalpatlahuac, Mexico
- December 23, 1937, Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico
- May 5, 1854, Veracruz,oaxaca, Mexico
- May 11, 1962, Southern Mexico
- June 17, 1928, Oaxaca, Mexico
- September 14, 1995, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico City
- April 25, 1989, Mexico City, Acapulco
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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 4943.