The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt has endured multiple significant historical earthquakes, underscoring the need to assess and quantify the potential social impacts of future seismic events. The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, the second most populated city in Mexico, is located in the western part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, an active east–west volcanic arc crossed by several fault systems. In this study, we use the main...

We have compiled a new catalogue of earthquake fatalities for the world, covering the period 856 BC to March 2022, listing 2795 reports. We estimate that the reporting of fatal earthquakes is complete for events with more than 16 fatalities since 1927. The total number of fatalities recorded is 8,336,526. 117 countries have reported at least one earthquake with one fatality or more. 77 and 52 countries have reported more than...