1980 Oaxaca earthquake

Earthquake in central Mexico 1980 Central Mexico earthquake Mexico 1980-10-24 14:53:36 637581 iscgem637581 1980 10 24 08:53:36 7.2 w y 65.7 km mi 0 on 18.08 -98.22 region:MX_type:event inline,title Dip-slip Mexico Guatemala $5 million IX No 65–300+ dead Many injured 150,000 displaced The 1980 Oaxaca earthquake occurred on October 24 at 08:53:36 local time 14:53:36 UTC with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). This dip-slip shock left up to 300 dead, many injured, and about 150,000 homeless. While it was felt throughout southern Mexico and in Guatemala, damage (totaling $5 million) was focused in the Huajuapan de León region of the state of Oaxaca. See also List of earthquakes in 1980 List of earthquakes in Mexico References ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2013) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2017 International Seismological Centre Version 4.0 Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead September 29, 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 External links 637581 Central Mexico Earthquake, 1980 Category:Earthquakes in Mexico Central Mexico Category:October 1980 in Mexico Category:1980 disasters in Mexico