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1911 Michoacán earthquake

Field	Value
title	1911 Michoacán earthquake
timestamp	1911-06-07 11:02:50
anss-url	iscgem16958148
isc-event	16958148
image	Michoacanearthquake-1911-newspaper.jpg
imagecaption	Scenes from a contemporary newspaper
local-date	June 7, 1911
local-time	04:26
map2	{{Location map	Mexico
lat	17.5
long	-102.5
mark	Bullseye1.png
marksize	40
position	top
width	260
float	right
relief	yes}}
magnitude	7.6 Mw
depth	33 km
location
countries affected	Mexico
casualties	45 dead

| anss-url = iscgem16958148 | isc-event = 16958148 | local-date = June 7, 1911 | local-time = 04:26

The 1911 Michoacán earthquake occurred on June 7 at 04:26 local time (11:02 UTC). The epicenter was located near the coast of Michoacán, Mexico. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale. 45 people were reported dead. In Mexico City, 119 houses were destroyed. Cracks were reported in Palacio Nacional, Escuela Normal para Maestros, Escuela Preparatoria, Inspección de Policía, and Instituto Geológico. Ciudad Guzmán, the seat of Zapotlán el Grande, Jalisco, suffered great damage.

The earthquake occurred hours before the revolutionary Francisco I. Madero entered Mexico City on the same day, and it was also known as "temblor maderista".

On June 7, 2011, a ceremony was held in Ciudad Guzmán commemorating the centenary of this earthquake.

This earthquake was a megathrust earthquake along the Middle America Trench, a major subduction zone.

References

"CIEN AÑOS DE SISMICIDAD EN MEXICO, IGF UNAM, SSN". usuarios.geofisica.unam.mx.
National Geophysical Data Center. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake".
Notimex. (2011-06-08). "Cumplió Cruz Roja 100 años de su primer servicio en Jalisco".
SEGOB – DGTI. "INEHRM – Secretaría de Educación Pública".
(2002). "International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology". [[Academic Press]].
"Apendice A, Historia de la Sismologia en Mexico".
"Caracteristicas del sismo del 19 de septiembre de 1985".
"Dos siglos de temblores".
"Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, estado de jalisco, Zapotlán el Grande". Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco.
"Cd. Guzmán – En Zapotlán celebran centenario de fuerte terremoto de 1911". periodicoelsur.com.
(1994-01-10). "Relationship between subduction and seismicity in the Mexican part of the Middle America trench". Journal of Geophysical Research.

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