December 17, 2015 Earthquake: Cocotitlan, Mexico
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Cocotitlan, Mexico on December 17, 2015 at 19:49:53 UTC, 85 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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
- December 17, 2015
- Time
- 19:49:53 UTC
- Place
- Cocotitlan, Mexico
- Magnitude
- 6.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 85 km (53 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 15.802° N, 93.633° W
- Country
- Mexico
The toll
- Deaths
- 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 people killed at Cocotitlan. Landslides occurred at Sante Fe. Felt (V) at San Cristobal de las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez; (III) at Carmen and Coatzacoalcos. Felt (IV) at Santa Catarina Pinula; (III) at Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala City and Mixco; (II) at Panajachel, Guatemala. Also felt (III) at Belize City, Belmopan, Benque Viejo and San Ignacio, Belize and at San Salvador, El Salvador. Felt (II) at El Zapotal del Norte, Honduras. Felt widely in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, southern Mexico and western Honduras. La Concordia, Chiapas, Mexico - CDI: 8; Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico - CDI: 6; San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico - CDI: 5; Quetzaltenango, Quezaltenango, Guatemala - CDI: 5; Bochil, Chiapas, Mexico - CDI: 5(reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 28, 1982, Chiapas, Mexico
- September 8, 2017, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Guatemala, Mexico
- September 25, 1968, S Chiapas, Mexico-Guatemala
- September 23, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico
- July 7, 2014, San Marcos, Mexico, Guatemala
- September 10, 1993, Chiapas, Southwest, Mexico, Guatemala
- September 23, 1902, Venustiano Carranza,chiapas,chis,tabasco, Mexico
- June 20, 1897, Tehuantepec, Mexico
- July 17, 2026, Chiapas, Guatemala, Mexico
- November 24, 2025, Oaxaca, Mexico
- November 12, 1942, Juchitan, Mexico
- January 24, 1983, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico
- February 1, 2019, San Marcos, Chiapas, Guatemala, Mexico
- December 14, 1935, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Guatemala, Mexico
- February 3, 1986, Ixchiguan, San Marcos Province, Guatemala
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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 10350.