M4.8 earthquake 3 km NNW of Texca, Mexico
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Texca, Mexico on Mon, Dec 11, 1978, 11:14 PM CST (05:14 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-12-12 05:14:29 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.045° N, 99.836° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.722 km SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico · 17455 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.21 km NW of Colonia Luces en el Mar, Mexico · 17445 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000xwf (also filed as iscgem672413). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:45 AM UTC.