- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 9, 1995 CE
- Location:
- 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake
- Magnitude:
- 8 Mw
- Depth:
- 33 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 8.357
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 8
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 8
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.8
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
Other earthquake records of 1995 CE
- Japan, Sw Honshu: Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya · Mw 6.9 · 6,434 deaths
- Russia, Sakhalin Is: Neftegorsk, Okha, Moskalvo · Ms 7.1 · 1,989 deaths
- Turkey, Dinar, Evciler · Mw 6.4 · 95 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatera, Jambi Province · Mw 6.8 · 84 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Wuding · Mw 6.2 · 81 deaths
- Mexico, Jalisco, Manzanillo, San Patricio Melaque · Mw 8 · 50 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 8.0 - 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake (1995 CE) happen?
- October 9, 1995 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.