April 18, 2002 Earthquake: Mexico City
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Mexico City on April 18, 2002 at 05:02:46 UTC, 25 km below the surface. It caused a tsunami.
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
- April 18, 2002
- Time
- 05:02:46 UTC
- Place
- Mexico City
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 25 km (16 mi)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 16.985° N, 100.865° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Two buildings damaged in Mexico City. Felt in Guerrero and Oaxaca. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 6, 1964, Guerrero, Mexico
- July 28, 1957, Acapulco,mexico City
- October 3, 1864, Puebla,veracruz,acultzingo,acatzingo, Mexico
- April 15, 1907, Guerrero, Mexico
- February 22, 1943, Paricutin Volcano Forms, Guerrero, Mexico
- March 14, 1979, Guerrero, Mexico
- May 11, 1962, Southern Mexico
- September 8, 2021, Guerrero, Mexico
- May 19, 1962, Southern Mexico
- April 25, 1989, Mexico City, Acapulco
- October 25, 1981, Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico
- December 11, 2011, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 16, 1902, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 2, 2026, Guerrero, Mexico
- December 4, 1852, S. 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 10913.