April 13, 2007 Earthquake: Guerrero, Atoyac, Mexico
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Guerrero, Atoyac, Mexico on April 13, 2007 at 05:42:23 UTC, 34 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
- April 13, 2007
- Time
- 05:42:23 UTC
- Place
- Guerrero, Atoyac, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 34 km (21 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 17.302° N, 100.198° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 2
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 houses damaged at Atoyac. Power outages occurred in Acapulco and Mexico City. Felt (V) at Acapulco, Atoyac and Chilpancingo; (IV) at Atizapan, Cuernavaca, Huixquilucan, Irapuato, Ixtapa, Jiutepec, Metepec, Mexico City, Morelia, Naucalpan, Nezahualcoyotl, Oaxtepec, Puebla, Tepoztlan,
Tlalnepantla and Toluca; (III) at Guadalajara. Felt in
Colima, Distrito Federal, Estado de Mexico, Guerrero,
Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Puebla, Veracruz and at
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
- September 14, 1995, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico City
- January 16, 1902, Guerrero, Mexico
- December 11, 2011, 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 7501.