September 19, 2022 Tsunami: Mexico
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake began at Mexico on September 19, 2022 at 18:05:08 UTC. The water rose as high as 0.79 meters. Its effects were recorded at 14 places in at least 5 countries. It killed 2 people, counting the earthquake or eruption that caused it.
Where the waves reached
The source (white) and every runup with a place, colored by the water height recorded there. A ring is a runup NCEI marks doubtful.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- September 19, 2022, 18:05:08 UTC
- Source
- Mexico
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 7.6, 27 km deep
- Maximum water height
- 0.79 m (2.6 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 14
- Warning
- Regional Tsunami Warning issued by PTWC for areas without a warning system
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
- Source location
- 18.455° N, 102.956° W
The toll
- Deaths
- 2 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Injuries
- 10 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Damage
- $25 million with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Houses destroyed
- 800 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
- Houses damaged
- 6,084 with the earthquake or eruption that caused it
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.
Every runup
Nearest the source first. Heights are above sea level at the time; a tide gauge reads half the wave’s full height.
| Where | Country | Km from source | Water height, m | Inland, m | Measured by | First wave, UTC | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazaro Cardenas | Mexico | 100 | 0.32 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | day 19, 18:15 | ||
| Manzanillo | Mexico | 159 | 0.79 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | day 19, 18:26 | ||
| Zihuatanejo | Mexico | 174 | 0.53 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | day 19, 18:36 | ||
| Puerto Vallarta | Mexico | 342 | 0.21 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | day 19, 18:10 | ||
| Acapulco | Mexico | 370 | 0.13 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | day 19, 18:48 | ||
| Puerto Angel | Mexico | 755 | 0.12 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||
| Huatulco | Mexico | 788 | 0.1 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||
| Wafer Bay, Cocos Island | Costa Rica | 2,241 | Eyewitness observation of water height | day 19, 22:02 | |||
| Death Valley, NV, NV | United States | 2,382 | 1.2 | Other | |||
| Baltra Island | Ecuador | 2,507 | 0.07 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||
| Santa Cruz Island | Ecuador | 2,536 | 0.12 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||
| Hilo, Hawaii, HI, HI | United States | 5,462 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | ||||
| Kahului, Maui, HI, HI | United States | 5,593 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | ||||
| Pago Pago, American Samoa, AS | US Territories | 8,264 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) |
More
Every tsunami in 2022The 2000sTsunamis of MexicoThe earthquakeThis day in weather historyAlerts in force
Sources
Tsunami events and runups 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 tsunami event 5859.