M4.5 earthquake 18 km NNE of El Triunfo, Mexico
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 18 km NNE of El Triunfo, Mexico on Tue, Nov 27, 2012, 10:31 PM CST (04:31 UTC), 152 km (95 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 16 km SW of Buenos Aires, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-11-28 04:31:28 UTC
- Depth
- 152.2 km (94.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.509° N, 92.503° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000jw60. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 100
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.13 km NE of Tectitán, Guatemala · 5032 days ago · 196 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.15 km SE of Unión Juárez, Mexico · 5024 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 10
- 5.316 km SW of Buenos Aires, Mexico · 5012 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 14
- 4.94 km NW of San Juan Atitán, Guatemala · 5012 days ago · 228 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.055 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 5012 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.310 km NE of Unión Buenavista, Mexico · 5008 days ago · 213 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.31 km SE of Nueva Colombia, Mexico · 5005 days ago · 162 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jw60. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.