Get key tips on Mexico tsunami preparedness to help coastal communities from Oaxaca to Mazatlán prepare, act fast and stay safe when tsunamis strike.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - Tsunamis are rare on the Mexican coast—just over 60 have struck the Pacific shore in the last 284 years—but when they occur, they can cost lives and destroy homes. While Mexico’s waves haven’t matched the scale of Chile’s or Japan’s megatsunamis, local events have inflicted serious damage.
In 1787, an 8.4‑magnitude quake off San Sixto . . .
