On January 30th...
M7.5 - Michoacan, Mexico, 1973
Fifty-two people were reported killed, 390 were injured, and 22,000 were made homeless. An estimated 40 percent of the town of Gomez Faris was destroyed, and substantial damage was reported elsewhere in the states of Colima, Michoacan and Jalisco. The towns of Tecoman and Coahuayana suffered particularly heavy damage. A few buildings in Colima and Ciudad Guxman collapsed. In Mexico City, 450 kilometers from Colima, plaster cracked, power cables fell, and telephone service was interrupted. Workers fled to the streets as tall buildings swayed. A volcano 80 kilometers north of Colima was reported to have begun eruption at the time. A minor, harmless tsunami with a total amplitude of about 1 meter also occurred. Felt aboard the ship "Jesper Maerski" at position 18°31.0N, 104°02.5W.
From Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 2.
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