M4.0 earthquake 12 km NE of Pantla, Mexico
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 12 km NE of Pantla, Mexico on Mon, May 13, 2013, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 42 km S of Patambó, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (Md, duration), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-05-13 16:17:49 UTC
- Depth
- 46.1 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.821° N, 101.555° 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 usp000k0pf. 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
- 128°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.115 km W of Infiernillo (Morelos de Infiernillo), Mexico · 4881 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.542 km S of Patambó, Mexico · 4872 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 4.212 km N of El Coacoyul, Mexico · 4864 days ago · 53 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 4.116 km SSW of Infiernillo (Morelos de Infiernillo), Mexico · 4906 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0near the coast of Michoacan, Mexico · 4911 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.233 km S of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 4911 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.138 km SW of Papanoa, Mexico · 4911 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.037 km SW of Papanoa, Mexico · 4911 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.047 km SW of Papanoa, Mexico · 4911 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.016 km SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 4913 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.032 km S of Playa Azul, Mexico · 4914 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.027 km SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 4914 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 6.07 km NNE of Guacamayas, Mexico · 4914 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 121
- 4.17 km SSE of Playa Azul, Mexico · 4914 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000k0pf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC.