M4.0 earthquake 35 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 35 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico on Wed, Feb 12, 2003, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 2003-02-13 00:44:28 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.783° N, 104.419° 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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.143 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8628 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.317 km SW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8625 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.871 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico · 8624 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8622 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Tecomán, Mexico · 8622 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.267 km S of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8615 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8605 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Colima, Mexico · 8603 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Manzanillo, Mexico · 8602 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.949 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8598 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.954 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8598 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.057 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8592 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.542 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8590 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.120 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8575 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.948 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8575 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.146 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8629 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.81 km S of Comala, Mexico · 8631 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.845 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8636 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.648 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8637 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8638 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.819 km SSE of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.728 km SSW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.034 km SW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8646 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.749 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8648 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.749 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8648 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.925 km WSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.050 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8648 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.828 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8649 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.956 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8649 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.340 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8649 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.352 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8649 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.132 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8649 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.726 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8649 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.038 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8650 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.131 km SSW of La Central, Mexico · 8650 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bqjs. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC.