M3.9 earthquake 45 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 45 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico on Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 9:12 AM CST (15:12 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 29 km SSW of El Colomo, 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
- 3.9 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-22 15:12:17 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.538° N, 104.233° 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
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.929 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.062 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.542 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.752 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.549 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.948 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.036 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.953 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.131 km SSW of La Central, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.038 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.726 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.132 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.352 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.340 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.956 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.828 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.050 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.925 km WSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.749 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.749 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.034 km SW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8649 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.728 km SSW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8647 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.819 km SSE of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8646 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8641 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.648 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8640 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.845 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8639 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.81 km S of Comala, Mexico · 8634 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.146 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8632 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.035 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8632 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.143 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8630 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.317 km SW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8628 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8625 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Tecomán, Mexico · 8625 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.267 km S of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8618 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8608 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Colima, Mexico · 8605 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Manzanillo, Mexico · 8605 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.949 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8601 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.954 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8601 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.057 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8595 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 3.850 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.94 km N of Venustiano Carranza, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.324 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8653 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.254 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.323 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.857 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.047 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.053 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.066 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.174 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.757 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 7.616 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8654 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
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