1537 Tsunami: S. Mexico

1537. There was an earthquake in the Valley of Mexico. It is possible that the source of the earthquake was in some adjacent state: Guerrero, Puebla or Veracruz. According to a Japanese catalogue (Anon., 1961 b), the coast of Mexico was hit by a tsunami. Iida et al. (1967, reference #79), quite justifiably, express doubt as to the reliability of these data. reference 3415)

1537. A Japanese catalogue mentions that Mexican coasts were affected by a tsunami on this date, but there are doubts about its occurrence. (reference #369)

1537. Mexico, questionable. No details known. Report is considered quite questionable because it is carried by no authorities outside Japan. (reference #79)

Iida et al. (ref #79) mistakenly recorded a source in the Chilean tsunamigenic zone (Q). Thus, this is the reason why the tsunami is not Trans-Pacific, but it was generated in the Guerrero-Oaxaca area of Mexico. Finally, Soloviev and Go (ref #415) located the earthquake epicentre in Mexico, and the tsunami on the coast of Mexico, although they rate it as questionable, that does not exclude that it did occur. Therefore, the mistake made on wrongly locating the tsunami source in Chile made some authors doubt on the reliability of the information. In neither case, the original source of information is recorded. (reference #12967)

The inclusion of a tsunami with the 1537 Mexico earthquake in Kawasumi, H. (1958) was due to a transposition error from Milne (1912). (reference #12954)