M4.6 earthquake 10 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 10 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico on Tue, Jun 12, 2012, 8:13 AM CDT (13:13 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 46 km WSW of El Arenal, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-06-12 13:13:11 UTC
- Depth
- 101.7 km (63.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.419° N, 93.277° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Tapachula and Tonala.
From the USGS event page for usp000jmnx. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 228
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.080 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 5226 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.246 km WSW of El Arenal, Mexico · 5210 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 21
- 4.052 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico · 5209 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.093 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 5198 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.277 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 5188 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jmnx (also filed as us2012btal). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:28 AM UTC.