Historically , several significant earthquakes have occurred along the southern coast of Mexico . In 1932 , a M 8.4 megathrust earthquake struck in the region of Jalisco , several hundred kilometers to the northwest of the Oaxaca event . On October 9 , 1995 , a M 8.0 earthquake struck in the Colima-Jalisco region , resulting in at least 49 fatalities and leaving 1,000 people homeless . The deadliest nearby earthquake occurred on September 19 , 1985 , in the Michoacán region 500 km to the northwest of the February 16th event . This M 8.0 earthquake resulted in at least 9,500 fatalities , injured about 30,000 people , and left 100,000 people homeless . In 2003 , a M 7.6 earthquake in Colima , Mexico , resulted in 29 fatalities , destroyed more than 2,000 homes and left more than 10,000 people homeless . In March 2012 , a M 7.4 earthquake 60 km to the northwest of the February 16 , 2018 event killed 2 and injured 11 in the Oaxaca region . The hypocenter of the M 8.2 earthquake off the shore of Chiapas in September 2017 was located 440 km southwest of this earthquake . The Chiapas event caused at least 78 fatalities and 250 injuries in Oaxaca , and a further 16 deaths in Chiapas . Eleven days later , a M 7.1 earthquake struck closer to Mexico City , 230 km northeast of today ’s earthquake , resulting in over 300 fatalities and significant damage in Mexico City and the surrounding region
M 7.1 earthquake struck closer to Mexico City
2017 Puebla earthquake
2018 Oaxaca earthquake