M4.0 earthquake 34 km SW of El Colomo, Mexico
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 34 km SW of El Colomo, Mexico on Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 17 km SW of Barra de Navidad, 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 (md), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-26 08:46:48 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.806° N, 104.449° 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
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.728 km SSW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8646 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.819 km SSE of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8645 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8639 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.648 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8639 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.845 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8637 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.81 km S of Comala, Mexico · 8632 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.146 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8630 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.035 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8630 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.143 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8629 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.317 km SW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8626 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.871 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico · 8625 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8624 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Tecomán, Mexico · 8623 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.267 km S of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8617 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8607 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Colima, Mexico · 8604 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Manzanillo, Mexico · 8603 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.949 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8600 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.954 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8600 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.057 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8594 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.542 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8591 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 3.749 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8650 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.749 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8650 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.925 km WSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8650 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.050 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8650 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.828 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8650 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.956 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.340 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.352 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.132 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.726 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.038 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.131 km SSW of La Central, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.953 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.036 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.948 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8651 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.549 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.752 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.542 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.062 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.929 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8652 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bp75. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:54 AM UTC.