February 24, 1875 Tsunami: S. Mexico

There was a strong earthquake at Manzanillo and Colima with great movement of water. Apparently, the report relates to the earthquake of Feb. 24, 1875, about which the following is known. At 4:43 [local time], there was a strong earthquake at Manzanillo, accompanied by a deafening roar of the sea. It was felt weakly at Guadalajara. The night before on February 23 at 20:18 a mild earthquake was felt at Guadalajara and a number of adjacent cities, and was accompanied by a series of aftershocks. (reference #415)

Reference #369 lists the event on February 23, 1875, validity 3.

1875 February 24, 20 N 105 W, magnitude 6.5. Soloviev and Go (1975) described the earthquake as a “strong earthquake at Manzanillo and Colima with great movement of water” based on Fuchs (1886). It is likely that Fuchs obtained the information from press releases in which telegrams were published in the Diario de Jalisco, 25 February, and were cited as the source. However, the final report from Comision (Comisión Sobre Los Temblores de Febrero de, 1875) stated that “dreadful sea roars” but “no sea wave invasion occurred.” (reference #13627)

Reference #13024 states that the port of Manzanillo felt one of the tremor's to be violent on the 24th at 9:10 p.m. at night, accompanied by dreadful roars of the sea, and unusual movements that did not cease until long after. People were left fearing an invasion of the sea waves, which fortunately did not occur