June 15, 1999 Earthquake: Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, Mexico
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, Mexico on June 15, 1999 at 20:42:05 UTC, 70 km below the surface. It killed 20 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 15, 1999
- Time
- 20:42:05 UTC
- Place
- Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 70 km (43 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 18.386° N, 97.436° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Deaths
- 20
- Injuries
- 200
- Damage
- $226.8 million
- Houses damaged
- 2,000
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.
Fourteen people killed, about 200 injured and considerable
damage (VIII) to thousands of buildings and several bridges
in Puebla; one person killed by a landslide, dozens injured
and damage to buildings and bridges in Veracruz; one person
killed, dozens injured, many buildings and roads damaged in
Oaxaca; one person killed and some buildings damaged in
Morelos; one person died of a heart attack and some
buildings damaged in Guerrero; two people died of heart
attacks and minor damage to buildings in the Distrito
Federal. Dozens injured and damage in the states of Mexico
and Tlaxcala; two people injured in Hidalgo. A railroad was
damaged between Calco and Mixquic. Felt in much of central
and southern Mexico from Aguascalientes to Chiapas. (reference #1053)
15 killed, $226.8 million damage. (reference #1250)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 3, 1920, Patlanala, Cozautlan, Puebla, Veracruz, Mexico
- August 28, 1973, Veracruz, Mexico City
- September 19, 2017, Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla
- October 24, 1980, S, Huajapan DE Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico
- July 26, 1937, Esperanza, Veracruz, Central, Puebla, Mexico
- July 19, 1882, Puebla,huahuapan,huamuxtitlan,xalpatlahuac, Mexico
- July 30, 1667, Puebla, Mexico
- April 16, 1928, Oaxaca, Mexico
- February 10, 1928, Oaxaca,colima,puebla,guerrero,morelos, Mexico
- January 2, 1866, Puebla, Veracruz, Mexico
- 1523, Veracruz, Mexico
- January 30, 2002, San Andres Tuxtla, Tuxtepec, Veracruz, Mexico
- January 24, 1899, Guerrero-Oaxaca, Mexico
- March 26, 1908, Guerrero, Mexico
- October 1, 1889, Morelos, 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 5523.