M4.4 earthquake 67 km SSW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 67 km SSW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico on Tue, Jun 8, 1982, 2:04 AM CST (08:04 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 7 km SW of Huajintepec, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-08 08:04:28 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.784° N, 98.710° 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 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.67 km SW of Huajintepec, Mexico · 16176 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.116 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16172 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.19 km S of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico · 16172 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.722 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16172 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.917 km S of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16172 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.07 km SW of Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico · 16170 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.04 km ESE of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico · 16170 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.54 km NNE of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico · 16151 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.292 km SSW of Copala, Mexico · 16128 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.717 km SW of Montecillos, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.14 km NNE of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16177 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1120 km SSW of Corralero, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Corralero, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.829 km SSW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.62 km NNW of Santo Domingo Armenta, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 7.05 km NNW of San Juan Bautista Lo de Soto, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.225 km SSW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001msd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.