Mexico earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 5 km NE of Pantla, Mexico

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Pantla, Mexico on Thu, Apr 11, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 7 km NNE of Guacamayas, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo forecast More in Mexico

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Apr 11, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
UTC: 2013-04-12 03:45:09 UTC
Depth: 37.1 km (23.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 17.772° N, 101.597° W
Region: Mexico
Felt reports: 54
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
5.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 296 stations
5.29	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

What happened

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

Felt (V) at Ixtapa, (IV) at Zihuatanejo and (III) at Mexico. Also felt at Acapulco, Acatzingo, Atlixco, Chilpancingo, Ciudad Altamirano, Morelia, Puerto Vallarta, Patzcuaro, Texcoco and Xico.

From the USGS event page for usb000g5j2. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

54 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 67°
Stations used: 493

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000g5j2 (also filed as iscgem602786650). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:07 AM UTC.