M3.8 earthquake 45 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 45 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico on Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 9:44 PM CST (03:44 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 46 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-06 03:44:11 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.491° N, 104.055° 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
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.81 km S of Comala, Mexico · 8625 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.146 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8623 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.035 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8623 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.143 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8622 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8616 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Tecomán, Mexico · 8616 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.267 km S of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8609 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8599 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Colima, Mexico · 8597 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Manzanillo, Mexico · 8596 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.949 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8593 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.954 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8593 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.057 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8587 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.542 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8584 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 3.648 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8631 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8632 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.819 km SSE of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8637 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.728 km SSW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8638 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.034 km SW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8641 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.749 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8642 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.749 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8642 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.925 km WSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8642 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.050 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.828 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.956 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.340 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.352 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.132 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.726 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.038 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.131 km SSW of La Central, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.953 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.036 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.948 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
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