M4.0 earthquake 6 km SSW of Los Achotes, Mexico
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Los Achotes, Mexico on Sun, Oct 6, 1985, 12:28 AM CST (06:28 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 11 km NE of San Miguelito, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-10-06 06:28:40 UTC
- Depth
- 46.3 km (28.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.546° N, 101.438° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.624 km SSW of Palos Blancos, Mexico · 14958 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.839 km SW of Palos Blancos, Mexico · 14958 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.211 km NE of San Miguelito, Mexico · 14934 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 3.618 km WSW of Ixtapa, Mexico · 14963 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.337 km N of El Súchil, Mexico · 14965 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.415 km WSW of Papanoa, Mexico · 14970 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.712 km E of Petacalco, Mexico · 14971 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.714 km SSW of La Unión, Mexico · 14973 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.512 km WNW of La Unión, Mexico · 14974 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.713 km SSW of Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Mexico · 14974 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.535 km SSW of Palos Blancos, Mexico · 14974 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico · 14976 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.55 km WSW of Infiernillo (Morelos de Infiernillo), Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.518 km W of Ixtapa, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.631 km SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 7.67 km N of Pantla, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.85 km W of Lagunillas, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.24 km ENE of Pantla, Mexico · 14977 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.628 km SSE of Petacalco, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.018 km WSW of Ixtapa, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.945 km S of Petacalco, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.858 km WSW of Ixtapa, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.214 km N of El Coacoyul, Mexico · 14978 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002khf. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC.