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Near Coast of Michoacan, Mexico
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7.5 |
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 Significant Earthquakes of the World 1973.
and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 2.
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