Country

Mexico

Mexico on the map: 30 Holocene volcanoes and 167 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
30
Confirmed eruptions
224
Continuing eruptions
1
Highest volcano
Pico de Orizaba 5,564 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
167
Strongest
M 8.2 2017
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Colima Stratovolcanoes 3,850 m 79 2019
Popocatépetl continuing Stratovolcanoes 5,393 m 41 2026
Pico de Orizaba Stratovolcanoes 5,564 m 23 1846
El Chichon Lava domes 1,150 m 13 1982
San Martin Volcanic fields 1,660 m 12 1796
Michoacan-Guanajuato Volcanic fields 3,860 m 10 1952
Tacana Stratovolcanoes 4,064 m 10 1986
Chichinautzin Volcanic fields 3,938 m 8 399
La Malinche Stratovolcanoes 4,461 m 7 1,170 BCE
Ceboruco Stratovolcanoes 2,280 m 4 1875
Isla San Luis Maars and tuff cones 183 m 3 1,141 BCE
Socorro Shield volcanoes 1,050 m 3 1994
Jocotitlan Stratovolcanoes 3,911 m 2 1270
Naolinco Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 2,000 m 2 1145
Barcena Pyroclastic cones 332 m 1 1953
Los Humeros Calderas 3,150 m 1 4,470 BCE
Nevado de Toluca Stratovolcanoes 4,680 m 1 1,350 BCE
Northern EPR at 16°N Fissure vents −2,300 m 1 50 BCE
Northern EPR at 17°N Fissure vents −2,700 m 1 50 BCE
Serdan-Oriental Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 3,485 m 1 3,920 BCE
Zitacuaro-Valle de Bravo Volcanic fields 3,500 m 1 3,050 BCE
Comondu-La Purisima Volcanic fields 780 m 0 —
Durango Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 2,075 m 0 —
Isla Tortuga Shield volcanoes 224 m 0 —
Iztaccihuatl Stratovolcanoes 5,230 m 0 —
Jaraguay Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 960 m 0 —
Mascota Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 2,525 m 0 —
Pinacate Volcanic fields 1,183 m 0 —
San Borja Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 1,360 m 0 —
Sanganguey Stratovolcanoes 2,340 m 0 —

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 8.2 · Tehuantepec, Mexico 8 September 2017 · 47 km
  2. M 8.1 · Jalisco, Mexico 3 June 1932 · 35 km
  3. M 8.0 · Mexico City earthquake (1985) 19 September 1985 · 28 km
  4. M 8.0 · Colima-Jalisco, Mexico 9 October 1995 · 33 km
  5. M 8.0 · 15 km ESE of San Gabriel Mixtepec, Mexico 17 June 1928 · 20 km
  6. M 7.8 · Central Chiapas, Mexico 23 September 1902
  7. M 7.8 · 2 km NW of Teojomulco, Mexico 15 April 1907 · 30 km
  8. M 7.8 · 7 km E of Los Tepames, Mexico 18 June 1932 · 15 km
  9. M 7.7 · 12 km NNE of La Central, Mexico 22 June 1932 · 25 km
  10. M 7.7 · 2 km ESE of San Agustín Loxicha, Mexico 29 November 1978 · 18 km
  11. M 7.6 · Sonora, Mexico 3 May 1887
  12. M 7.6 · 19 km W of Arteaga, Mexico 7 June 1911 · 30 km
  13. M 7.6 · 5 km SSW of San Miguel Suchixtepec, Mexico 15 January 1931 · 35 km
  14. M 7.6 · 21 km ESE of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Mexico 15 April 1941 · 30 km
  15. M 7.6 · 8 km ENE of Apantla, Mexico 28 July 1957 · 38 km
  16. M 7.6 · 12 km SSE of Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Mexico 14 March 1979 · 49 km
  17. M 7.6 · 7 km N of Pantla, Mexico 21 September 1985 · 31 km
  18. M 7.6 · 16 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico 22 January 2003 · 24 km
  19. M 7.6 · 35 km SSW of Aguililla, Mexico 19 September 2022 · 27 km
  20. M 7.5 · 25 km S of Tetitlán, Mexico 16 December 1911 · 30 km
  21. M 7.5 · 6 km WSW of San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, Mexico 9 October 1928 · 25 km
  22. M 7.5 · 27 km SSE of San Andrés Playa Encantada (El Podrido), Mexico 30 July 1909 · 20 km
  23. M 7.5 · 35 km SW of Aguililla, Mexico 30 January 1973 · 43 km
  24. M 7.5 · 15 km W of San Baltazar Loxicha, Mexico 30 September 1999 · 61 km
  25. M 7.5 · 6 km S of Copala, Mexico 26 March 1908 · 25 km
  26. M 7.4 · 69 km SSW of La Libertad, Mexico 16 October 1907 · 15 km
  27. M 7.4 · 8 km ENE of Santiago Xanica, Mexico 22 March 1928 · 15 km
  28. M 7.4 · Near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico 14 January 1903
  29. M 7.4 · 3 km W of Huixtepec, Mexico 23 December 1937 · 25 km
  30. M 7.4 · 18 km SSW of Palos Blancos, Mexico 22 February 1943 · 20 km
  31. M 7.4 · 4 km NW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico 23 August 1965 · 15 km
  32. M 7.4 · 5 km N of Azoyú, Mexico 14 September 1995 · 23 km
  33. M 7.4 · 6 km E of Santiago Llano Grande, Mexico 20 March 2012 · 20 km
  34. M 7.4 · 9 km SE of Santa María Xadani, Mexico 23 June 2020 · 20 km
  35. M 7.4 · 40 km S of Corralero, Mexico 4 August 1928 · 20 km
  36. M 7.3 · 4 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico 14 December 1935 · 35 km
  37. M 7.3 · Laguna Salada, Baja California Earthquake, Mexico 24 February 1892
  38. M 7.3 · Jalisco, Mexico 20 January 1900
  39. M 7.3 · 9 km WSW of La Humedad, Mexico 2 August 1968 · 30 km
  40. M 7.3 · 34 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico 29 April 1970 · 35 km
  41. M 7.3 · 7 km NNE of Petacalco, Mexico 25 October 1981 · 33 km
  42. M 7.3 · 60 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico 17 July 2026 · 22 km
  43. M 7.3 · 61 km NNW of La Paz, Mexico 10 April 1906 · 15 km
  44. M 7.3 · 10 km SW of Villa Nicolás Bravo, Mexico 6 July 1964 · 93 km
  45. M 7.2 · 94 km SSW of La Libertad, Mexico 29 April 1954 · 10 km
  46. M 7.2 · 127 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico 30 March 1914 · 15 km
  47. M 7.2 · 24 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico 10 September 1993 · 34 km
  48. M 7.2 · 13 km NW of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Mexico 21 October 1995 · 159 km
  49. M 7.2 · 46 km WNW of El Habillal, Mexico 11 January 1997 · 33 km
  50. M 7.2 · Sierra El Mayor, B.C., Mexico 4 April 2010 · 10 km
  51. M 7.2 · 9 km ENE of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico 18 April 2014 · 24 km
  52. M 7.2 · 4 km S of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico 16 February 2018 · 22 km
  53. M 7.2 · 92 km NNE of San Luis, Mexico 2 May 1939 · 10 km
  54. M 7.2 · 15 km SSW of Colonia Luces en el Mar, Mexico 27 March 1908 · 25 km
  55. M 7.2 · 31 km S of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, Mexico 29 December 1917 · 20 km
  56. M 7.1 · Gulf of California 9 December 1901
  57. M 7.1 · Baja California, Mexico 12 December 1902
  58. M 7.1 · 0 km SW of Igualapa, Mexico 14 December 1950 · 35 km
  59. M 7.1 · 24 km SSW of Santa María Chico Ometepec, Mexico 25 February 1996 · 21 km
  60. M 7.1 · 1 km S of Matzaco, Mexico 19 September 2017 · 48 km

Showing the 60 strongest of 167. All of them are on the main map.