1932 Jalisco earthquakes

Earthquakes in Mexico 1932 Jalisco earthquakes Mexico 1932-06-03 10:36:58 906183 iscgem906183 1932 6 3 4:36:58 CST 95 seconds (first shock)Pacheco Singh Domínguez Hurtado 1997 2225 8.1 w y 60 km mi 0 on 19.5 -104.25 region:MX-JAL_type:event inline,titlehttp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3492&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display https://archive.today/20121214015353/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3492&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display dead December 14, 2012 Significant earthquake NGDC National Geophysical Data Center 19 December 2011 Mexico Guatemala X yes 400+Quake Toll Increases; Mexican Victims Exceed 400 Los Angeles Times June 5, 1932 7.8 w y 906234 906247 iscgem906234 1932-06-18 10:12:32 1932-06-22 12:59:30 iscgem906247 7.7 w y 15 km mi 0 on 25 km mi 0 on 1932 6 18 1932 6 22 4:12:32 CST 6:59:30 CST The 1932 Jalisco earthquakes began on June 3 at 10:36 UTC with a megathrust event that registered 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale. With a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale, at least 400 deaths were caused in Mexico and neighboring Guatemala. It was the first of a series of seismic events that affected parts of western Mexico during the month of June 1932, all reaching magnitude 7 or greater.Singh S.K. Pacheco J.F. Alcántara L. Reyes G. Ordaz M. Iglesias A. Alcocer S.M. Gutierrez C. Valdés C. Kostoglodov V. Reyes C. Mikumo T. Quaas R. Anderson J.G. amp 2003 A Preliminary Report on the Tecomán, Mexico Earthquake of 22 January 2003 (Mw 7.4) and Its Effects Seismological Research Letters Seismological Society of America 74 3 279–289 10.1785/gssrl.74.3.279 2003SeiRL..74..279S http://srl.geoscienceworld.org/content/74/3/279.extract 22 December 2011 subscription The Mexican subduction zone, the Middle America Trench, is seismically active and has generated both destructive and non-destructive tsunamis. Each earthquake in the series caused significant damage, injuries, and deaths, and in each case tsunamis of various heights were generated, with the June 22 catastrophic tsunami in Cuyutlán and San Blas being described as one of the most destructive events in the region based on all available historical records.Farreras Sanchez 1991 301, 303 Tectonic setting This part of Mexico lies on a complex convergent boundary where the Rivera plate and the Cocos plate are being subducted beneath the North American plate. The transform boundary between the Rivera and Cocos plates is poorly defined. This earthquake is thought to have ruptured the south-easternmost segment of the interface involving the Rivera plate, although it may also have affected the north-westernmost part of the Cocos-North American plate interface.Eissler H.K. McNally K.C. Karen Cook McNally 1984 Seismicity and Tectonics of the Rivera plate and Implications For the 1932 Jalisco, Mexico, Earthquake Journal of Geophysical Research American Geophysical Union 89 B6 4520–4530 10.1029/JB089iB06p04520 http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1984/JB089iB06p04520.shtml 19 December 2011 1984JGR....89.4520E 2 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302165438/http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1984/JB089iB06p04520.shtml dead subscription The complex subduction zone off the coast of Colima and Jalisco experiences large recurring earthquakes. Prior events occurred in 1806, 1818, and 1900, and a recurrence period of 77 years was proposed for the region, but because of difficulty in positively identifying the rupture zones, this time frame was not precisely established.Pacheco Singh Domínguez Hurtado 1997 2223 In 2003, near the same location, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 claimed 29 lives. Earthquake The mainshock was preceded by a series of small foreshocks. The rupture is thought to have initiated near Manzanillo, propagating to the northwest, although early reports from seismologists placed the epicenter farther southeast near the border of Oaxaca and Guerrero.Many Injured in Mexico; At Least Twenty-three Die as Tremors Shake Large Section of Country; Buildings Fall and Streets Crack in Capital, With People in Terror Los Angeles Times June 4, 1932 The length of the rupture is estimated to be about 220 km.The great Jalisco, Mexico, earthquakes of 1932: Subduction of the Rivera plate S. K. Singh L. Ponce S. P. Nishenko Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Seismological Society of America October 1985 75 5 1301–1313 10.1785/BSSA0750051301 1985BuSSA..75.1301S http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/content/75/5/1301.abstract subscription Seismometers located in New York, London, and Pasadena, California all measured the earthquake. thumb|260px|Plate boundaries in the Pacific, offshore western Mexico Carlos Valdez, director of the National Seismology Center at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, called the earthquake the most powerful quake in modern Mexican history.Dozens Die as 7.6 Quake Hits Mexico's West Coast : Latin America: Temblor brings down resort hotel in Manzanillo. Two-minute tremor rattles nerves in capital October 10, 1995 Mark Fineman Kenneth Reich https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-10-mn-55288-story.html Los Angeles Times 2011-12-21 Sequence The initial earthquake of June 3 off of the coast of Colima and Jalisco caused extensive damage along western Mexico, with much of the deaths and injuries concentrated in the area of Guadalajara. Early reporting from the Los Angeles Times noted that there were 300 deaths or injuries in that area alone. Fifteen days after the first shock, June 18 at 4:12 am, there was a magnitude 7.8M 7.8 - 7 km E of Los Tepames, Mexico https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem906234/executive 2025-04-16 earthquake.usgs.gov event with an estimated rupture length of 60 km us and a duration of 22 seconds. Similar patterns of damage occurred as in the first quake. This time the human loss was centered around the city of Colima with 3 deaths and twelve injured, with heavy damage reported in Manzanillo. The low number of casualties may have been a result of many residents still sleeping outdoors since the previous quake.Fears Rise For City in Quake Area; Manzanillo Shut Off and Gale Disaster Suspected; Three Dead in Temblor Los Angeles Times June 20, 1932 The Governor of Colima's home partially collapsed, though he escaped injury.Many Lives Feared Lost as Quakes Shake Mexico Los Angeles Times June 19, 1932 The tsunami created from this event, reported to be 1 m us in height, was the smallest generated from the three June earthquakes.Farreras Sanchez 1991 303 The final and smallest event occurred on June 22 with a magnitude 7.7M 7.7 - 12 km NNE of La Central, Mexico https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem906247/executive 2025-04-16 earthquake.usgs.gov earthquake. The event has been described as a tsunami earthquake due to an "anomalously slow source" and its larger-than-expected tsunami.Okal Emile Borrero Jose August 22, 2011 The ‘tsunami earthquake’ of 1932 June 22 in Manzanillo, Mexico: seismological study and tsunami simulations https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230249574_The_'tsunami_earthquake'_of_1932_June_22_in_Manzanillo_Mexico_Seismological_study_and_tsunami_simulations July 26, 2025 ResearchGate A few minutes after the quake, there was a tsunami which resulted in the almost total destruction of the hotels and village homes in the city of Cuyutlán.Thirty Die in Wave; Town in Mexico Swept by Sea; Scores Missing After Tidal Flood and Earthquakes Strike Cuytlan; Colima Officials Rush Relief; Casualties Evacuated; Rail Line Wrecked Los Angeles Times June 23, 1932 The wave(s) were reported to be up to 10 m us in height.Farreras Sanchez 1991 303, 304 Up to 100 people were reported killed as the wave swept into the center of that small coastal village.Stricken Area Pleads for Aid; Quake-Torn. Wave-swept Colima Demoralized; Governor Asks for Help of World Red Cross; Pestilence and Resultant Death Toll Feared Los Angeles Times June 24, 1932 The port city of Manzanillo also saw heavy damage again, but early reports via messenger did not indicate any deaths in that area. Both wired telegraph and radio communications were interrupted there. As Governor Saucedo gathered reports of inadequate care for those affected in Cuyutlán following the destructive wave, he appealed to the Red Cross to fill gaps where federal and state aid were proving ineffective. In the capital of Colima, where the residents were already recovering in their own neighborhoods, 2000 refugees were taken in from the wave swept coast. Tsunami The earthquake triggered a tsunami that had a maximum run-up height of 3 m at Bahia San Pedrito in Manzanillo. The tsunami was also recorded at Apia, San Diego, Hilo and Honolulu.http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3492&t=101650&s=18&d=99,91,95,93&nd=display https://web.archive.org/web/20181115153848/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3492&t=101650&s=18&d=99,91,95,93&nd=display dead November 15, 2018 Tsunami Event NGDC National Geophysical Data Center 19 December 2011 Little damage was recorded from the tsunami other than the washing out of part of the railway line between Cuyutlán and Manzanillo and partial flooding of the port town of San Blas, Nayarit, but no deaths occurred there.Quakes Laid To Volcano Under Sea; Tidal Waves Follow in Wake of Temblors That Shook Mexican Areas Los Angeles Times June 6, 1932 Damage The earthquake caused significant damage and deaths in Colima, Ayotlán, Manzanillo, Cihuatlán, Zamora and Acatlán de Juárez. In Colima almost 3,000 houses were damaged. The sixteenth century Guadalajara Cathedral also sustained damage in the quake. Farther south in Mexico City several buildings toppled over and numerous cracks formed on the streets. Following the quake there were no communications coming in from the city of Oaxaca. That city had suffered heavy damage the prior year in a magnitude 7.8 event, and there was initial concern that there had been a repeat event with a high death toll centered in that area. See also List of earthquakes in 1932 List of earthquakes in Guatemala List of earthquakes in Mexico References Bibliography The Tsunami Threat on the Mexican West Coast: A Historical Analysis and Recommendations for Hazard Mitigation https://books.google.com/books?id=AFPVoTV6Cx0C&pg=PA303 Salvador F. Farreras Antonio J. Sanchez 1991 Springer Science+Business Media Natural Hazards 301–316 4 2–3 10.1007/BF00162795 1991NatHa...4..301F 978-0-7923-1174-4 128762162 subscription http://usuarios.geofisica.unam.mx/vladimir/papers_pdf/Jalisco95_GRL97.pdf Pacheco J. Singh S.K. Domínguez J. Hurtado A. Quintanar L. Jiménez Z. Yamamoto J. Gutiérrez C. Santoyo M. Bandy W. Guzmán M. Kostoglodov V. Reyes G. Ramírez C. 1997 The October 9, 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake (Mw 8): An aftershock study and a comparison of this earthquake with those of 1932 Journal of Geophysical Research American Geophysical Union 24 17 2223–2226 10.1029/97GL02070 1997GeoRL..24.2223P free External links 906183 Category:1932 in Mexico Category:1932 earthquakes Category:Megathrust earthquakes in Mexico Category:1930s tsunamis Category:Tsunamis in Mexico Category:Tsunami earthquakes Category:Earthquake clusters, swarms, and sequences Category:20th century in Guadalajara, Jalisco Category:1932 disasters in Mexico Category:June 1932 in North America Category:June 1932 in Mexico Category:20th century in Jalisco