April 22, 2013 Earthquake: Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico on April 22, 2013 at 01:16:32 UTC, 30 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 22, 2013
- Time
- 01:16:32 UTC
- Place
- Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 30 km (19 mi)
- Intensity
- VI, strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 18.081° N, 102.182° W
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- North America and Hawaii
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Guadalajara, Mexico and Patzcuaro and (II) at Puerto Vallarta. Felt as far as Aguascalientes and Acatzingo.
From the USGS event page for usb000gda9. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Magnitude estimates
The magnitudes the USGS catalog lists for this earthquake, by scale and by who computed them. NCEI’s own scales are in the table above.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 6.08 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 6.03 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor |
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1053 National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) (1971 to 2013). Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE), a weekly and monthly publication, National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, 1971 to 2013.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 19, 1985, Mexico City, Michoacan
- March 25, 1806, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico
- April 15, 1941, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico
- July 6, 1964, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 30, 1973, S, Farias, Tecoman, 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
- January 11, 1997, Michoacan, Arteaga, Mexico
- June 7, 1911, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico City
- September 21, 1985, Mexico City, SW Coast
- June 21, 1999, Cuitzeo, Coahuayutla, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 1, 2004, Guerrero, Mexico City
More
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 10508. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event usb000gda9, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.