M3.8 earthquake 4 km WSW of Tecomán, Mexico
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Tecomán, Mexico on Wed, Feb 19, 2003, 11:12 PM CST (05:12 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 67 km S 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
- 3.8 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-20 05:12:17 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.894° N, 103.917° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.267 km S of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8610 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8600 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Near the coast of Colima, Mexico · 8597 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Manzanillo, Mexico · 8597 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.949 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8593 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.954 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8593 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.057 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8587 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.542 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8584 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.120 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8570 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.948 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8569 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.550 km S of La Placita de Morelos, Mexico · 8563 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.121 km SW of Cofradía de Morelos, Mexico · 8563 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.925 km SSE of Villa Victoria, Mexico · 8560 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.158 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8617 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.317 km SW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico · 8619 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.143 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8622 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.035 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8624 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.146 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8624 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.81 km S of Comala, Mexico · 8625 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.845 km SW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8630 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.648 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8632 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8632 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.819 km SSE of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8638 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.728 km SSW of Cerro de Ortega, Mexico · 8639 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.034 km SW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8641 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.749 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.749 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.925 km WSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.050 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.828 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8643 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.956 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.340 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.352 km SW of Cuyutlán, Mexico · 8644 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000br29. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC.