M4.2 earthquake 67 km S of Barra de Navidad, Mexico
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 67 km S of Barra de Navidad, Mexico on Wed, Feb 26, 2003, 6:48 AM CST (12:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 61 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (Md, duration), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-26 12:48:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.600° N, 104.756° 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.
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.361 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8610 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Colima, Mexico · 8608 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Manzanillo, Mexico · 8607 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.949 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8604 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.954 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8604 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.057 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8598 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.542 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8595 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.120 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8581 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.948 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8580 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.121 km SW of Cofradía de Morelos, Mexico · 8573 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8562 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 3.84 km WSW of Tecomán, Mexico · 8627 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8628 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.871 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico · 8629 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.866 km WSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico · 8630 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.317 km SW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8630 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.143 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8633 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.035 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8634 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.146 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8634 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.845 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8641 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.648 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.819 km SSE of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.728 km SSW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8650 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000brhd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.