Mexico
MEX · 2024 energy mix · renewables 8.1% · fossil fuels 90.4%
Threat reading 87 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, FRAGILE. 25 events recorded here in the last seven days, 25 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Gas | 43.6% |
|---|---|
| Oil | 43.5% |
| Coal | 3.4% |
| Solar | 2.7% |
| Hydro | 2.5% |
| Wind | 2.1% |
| Nuclear | 1.3% |
| Other renewables | 0.8% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 8.1% and fossil fuels for 90.4%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Mexico is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 215 significant earthquakes, 50 tsunamis and 13 significant eruptions in or just off Mexico since 930.
The deadliest was the 19 September 1985 magnitude 8.1 earthquake (Mexico: Michoacan: Mexico City), which killed 9,500 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 8.6, on 28 March 1787 (Mexico: San Marcos, Oaxaca).
The most recent entry is the 17 July 2026 magnitude 7.3 earthquake (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala).
Across the entries that record a death toll, 20,980 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1985 | magnitude 8.1 earthquake | Mexico: Michoacan: Mexico City | 9,500 dead, $4,000 million damage |
| 19 September 1985 | tsunami (waves to 3 m) | Mexico | 9,500 dead, $4,000 million damage |
| 31 May 1818 | magnitude 8.2 earthquake | Mexico: Morelos-guerrero, Mexico City, Guadalajara | 2,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 31 May 1818 | tsunami (waves to 13.9 m) | Central Mexico | 2,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 25 March 1806 | magnitude 7.5 earthquake | Mexico: Jalisco, Oaxaca, Michoacan | 2,000 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 29 March 1982 | VEI 5 eruption | Chichon, El, Mexico | 1,879 dead, $3 million damage |
| 28 March 1982 | magnitude 3.5 earthquake | Mexico: Chiapas | 1,879 dead, $3 million damage |
| 3 January 1920 | magnitude 7.8 earthquake | Mexico: Veracruz: Cozautlan, Puebla: Patlanala | 648 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 28 August 1973 | magnitude 6.2 earthquake | Mexico: Veracruz, Mexico City | 527 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 3 June 1932 | magnitude 8.1 earthquake | Mexico: near Coast of Jalisco | 400 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 3 June 1932 | tsunami (waves to 10 m) | Central Mexico | 400 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 19 September 2017 | magnitude 7.1 earthquake | Mexico: Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla | 369 dead, 226 homes destroyed, $8,000 million damage |
| 24 October 1980 | magnitude 6.4 earthquake | Mexico: S, Huajapan de Leon, Oaxaca | 300 dead, $5 million damage |
| 19 November 1912 | magnitude 6.7 earthquake | Mexico: Central, Acambay, Tixmadeje | 202 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 20 February 1943 | VEI 4 eruption | Michoacan-Guanajuato, Mexico | 103 dead |
| 8 September 2017 | magnitude 8.2 earthquake | Mexico: Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco; Guatemala | 98 dead, 47,468 homes destroyed, $4,000 million damage |
| 8 September 2017 | tsunami (waves to 2.7 m) | S. Mexico | 98 dead, 47,468 homes destroyed, $4,000 million damage |
| 15 April 1941 | magnitude 7.6 earthquake | Mexico: Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco | 84 dead, $2 million damage |
| 15 April 1941 | tsunami | Mexico | 84 dead, $2 million damage |
| 6 July 1964 | magnitude 7.3 earthquake | Mexico: Guerrero | 78 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 22 June 1932 | magnitude 7.7 earthquake | Mexico: Central | 75 dead, 400 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 22 June 1932 | tsunami (waves to 10 m) | Central Mexico | 75 dead, 400 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 28 July 1957 | magnitude 7.9 earthquake | Mexico: Acapulco, Mexico City | 65 dead, $25 million damage |
| 28 July 1957 | tsunami (waves to 1.3 m) | S. Mexico | 65 dead, $25 million damage |
| 27 December 1568 | magnitude 7.2 earthquake | Mexico: Cocula, Jalisco | 60 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 278 entries. A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Mexico:
- 7 November 2026: M 3.1 - BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
- 7 November 2026: M 3.3 - GUERRERO, MEXICO
- 7 November 2026: M 3.4 - OAXACA, MEXICO
- 7 November 2026: M 3.5 - OAXACA, MEXICO
- 7 November 2026: M 3.8 - CHIAPAS, MEXICO
- 7 November 2026: M 4.1 - VERACRUZ, MEXICO
- 7 November 2026: Sistema frontal núm. 4 y un canal de baja presión. - COAH, NL, TAMPS
- 7 November 2026: Circulación ciclónica y vaguada en niveles medios y altos de la atmósfera. - CHIH, SON
- 7 November 2026: Central America-2026
- 7 November 2026: M 3.4 - OAXACA, MEXICO
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 87 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 0 |
| Natural hazard | 60 |
| Resilience | 44 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.