Mexico earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 88 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 88 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico on Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 36 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 9:53 PM CDT
UTC: 2012-06-18 02:53:14 UTC
Depth: 21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 14.324° N, 93.137° W
Region: Mexico
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 255 stations
5.05	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Tapachula.

From the USGS event page for usp000jmwt. 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.

Station coverage gap: 81°
Stations used: 334

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jmwt (also filed as iscgem601126705). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.