M3.9 earthquake 49 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 49 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico on Sat, Mar 15, 2003, 2:32 AM CST (08:32 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 57 km SW 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
- 3.9 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-15 08:32:26 UTC
- Depth
- 16.1 km (10.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.699° N, 104.552° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 257°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.954 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8592 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.057 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8586 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.542 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8583 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.120 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8569 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.948 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8569 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.121 km SW of Cofradía de Morelos, Mexico · 8562 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8550 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Colima, Mexico · 8549 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.932 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8542 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.014 km SSW of Manzanillo, Mexico · 8596 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Colima, Mexico · 8596 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8599 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.267 km S of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8609 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.84 km WSW of Tecomán, Mexico · 8616 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8616 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.871 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico · 8617 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.317 km SW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8619 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.143 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8621 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bsph. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC.