M4.6 earthquake 7 km SW of Huajintepec, Mexico
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Huajintepec, Mexico on Wed, Jun 9, 1982, 10:11 AM CST (16:11 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 4 km SSW of Santa María Ipalapa, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-09 16:11:34 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.565° N, 98.280° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.116 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16172 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.19 km S of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico · 16172 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.722 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16172 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.917 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16172 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.84 km SSW of Santa María Ipalapa, Mexico · 16170 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.07 km SW of Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico · 16170 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.04 km ESE of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico · 16170 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.90 km SSE of San Pedro Cuitlapan, Mexico · 16165 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.54 km NNE of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico · 16151 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.60 km NNE of San Juan Colorado, Mexico · 16131 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.93 km W of Huixtepec, Mexico · 16176 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.467 km SSW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.717 km SW of Montecillos, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.14 km NNE of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Corralero, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.829 km SSW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.62 km NNW of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 7.05 km NNW of San Juan Bautista Lo de Soto, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.225 km SSW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.91 km SE of San Juan Cacahuatepec, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001mt9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:05 AM UTC.