M3.8 earthquake 58 km WSW of Ixtapa, Mexico
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 58 km WSW of Ixtapa, Mexico on Fri, Sep 20, 1985, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 45 km S of Petacalco, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-20 08:14:48 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.417° N, 102.131° 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.945 km S of Petacalco, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.018 km WSW of Ixtapa, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.628 km SSE of Petacalco, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.24 km ENE of Pantla, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.933 km W of El Habillal, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.85 km W of Lagunillas, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 7.67 km N of Pantla, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.631 km SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico · 14976 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.518 km W of Ixtapa, Mexico · 14976 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.55 km WSW of Infiernillo (Morelos de Infiernillo), Mexico · 14976 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico · 14975 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.535 km SSW of Palos Blancos, Mexico · 14974 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.713 km SSW of Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Mexico · 14974 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.512 km WNW of La Unión, Mexico · 14973 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.515 km S of Playa Azul, Mexico · 14973 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.714 km SSW of La Unión, Mexico · 14973 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.712 km E of Petacalco, Mexico · 14970 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.695 km SW of Ixtapa, Mexico · 14963 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.618 km WSW of Ixtapa, Mexico · 14962 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.06 km SSW of Los Achotes, Mexico · 14961 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.624 km SSW of Palos Blancos, Mexico · 14957 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.839 km SW of Palos Blancos, Mexico · 14957 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.924 km NW of El Habillal, Mexico · 14938 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.211 km NE of San Miguelito, Mexico · 14933 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.214 km N of El Coacoyul, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.513 km S of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.78 km S of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.65 km SSE of Lagunillas, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.016 km ENE of Pantla, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.86 km SW of El Habillal, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.029 km SW of Lagunillas, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 8.01985 Michoacan, Mexico Earthquake · 14978 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jxw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.