Playa Azul (''en: Blue Beach'') is a beachside town in the Mexican state of

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

. The city lives from tourism and fishing. It is the southern terminus of Federal Highway 37, which connects it with the state of

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

. The town was the epicentre of the Playa Azul earthquake, a magnitude 7.2 ( 7.3) quake that struck on 24 October 1981. The town was featured in the 2021 racing game ''

Forza Horizon 5 ''Forza Horizon 5'' is a 2021 racing video game developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the fifth ''Forza Horizon'' title and twelfth main instalment in the ''Forza'' series. The game is set in a fictionalised r ...

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{{Michoacán-geo-stub Populated places in Michoacán Port cities and towns on the Mexican Pacific coast