Mexico earthquakes

M6.4 earthquake 7 km ESE of Ignacio López Rayón, Mexico

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Ignacio López Rayón, Mexico on Fri, Sep 6, 2013, 6:13 PM CST (00:13 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.4 (mww), strong
Local time: Fri, Sep 6, 2013, 6:13 PM CST
UTC: 2013-09-07 00:13:29 UTC
Depth: 66.0 km (41.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 14.606° N, 92.121° W
Region: Mexico
Felt reports: 250
Strongest shaking: VI, strong shaking
PAGER alert: Yellow
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10030), matched to this event by time and place.

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 52
Damage: $2 million
Houses destroyed: 3

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA’s full record of this earthquake

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 13.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 1.9 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

250 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VII, very strong shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Yellow: some damage and deaths possible, a local or regional response

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 6.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 205°, dip 8°, rake -10°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 306°, dip 89°, rake -97°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: FROM_MODELING_OF_BROAD_BAND_P_WAVEFORMS
Station coverage gap: 28°
Stations used: 364

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.4 and up: 30 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 usb000jkmw (also filed as iscgem609059260, atlas20130907001329). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC.