M4.7 earthquake 17 km SW of Montecillos, Mexico
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Montecillos, Mexico on Tue, Jun 8, 1982, 2:01 AM CST (08:01 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 4 km ESE of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-08 08:01:47 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.265° N, 98.596° 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 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.467 km SSW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico · 16182 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.93 km W of Huixtepec, Mexico · 16181 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.67 km SW of Huajintepec, Mexico · 16181 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.116 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.19 km S of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.722 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.917 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.84 km SSW of Santa María Ipalapa, Mexico · 16176 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.07 km SW of Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico · 16176 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.04 km ESE of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico · 16175 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.90 km SSE of San Pedro Cuitlapan, Mexico · 16170 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.54 km NNE of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico · 16157 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.60 km NNE of San Juan Colorado, Mexico · 16137 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.292 km SSW of Copala, Mexico · 16133 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.14 km NNE of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16183 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Corralero, Mexico · 16183 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.829 km SSW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico · 16183 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.62 km NNW of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16183 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 7.05 km NNW of San Juan Bautista Lo de Soto, Mexico · 16183 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.225 km SSW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico · 16183 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 6.91 km SE of San Juan Cacahuatepec, Mexico · 16183 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001msc. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC.