June 21, 1999 Earthquake: Cuitzeo, Coahuayutla, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Cuitzeo, Coahuayutla, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico on June 21, 1999 at 17:43:04 UTC, 69 km below the surface.
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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 21, 1999
- Time
- 17:43:04 UTC
- Place
- Cuitzeo, Coahuayutla, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 6.3 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 69 km (43 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 18.324° N, 101.539° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses damaged
- 1,300
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
More than 1,300 homes damaged including 600 at
Coahuayutla, Guerrero. One church damaged at Cuitzeo,
Michoacan. Minor damage in Morelos. Felt at Mexico City and
in the states of Colima, Jalisco, Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla,
San Luis Potosi and Veracruz. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 19, 1985, Mexico City, Michoacan
- April 15, 1941, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico
- July 6, 1964, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 30, 1973, S, Farias, Tecoman, Mexico
- October 3, 1864, Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, Mexico
- March 14, 1979, Guerrero, Mexico
- February 22, 1943, Paricutin Volcano Forms, Guerrero, Mexico
- October 25, 1981, Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico
- September 22, 2022, Mexico City, Michoacan
- September 19, 2022, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico
- December 11, 2011, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 11, 1997, Michoacan, Arteaga, Mexico
- September 21, 1985, Mexico City, SW Coast
- April 22, 2013, Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico
- January 1, 2004, Guerrero, Mexico City
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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 5524.