Mexico earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 7 km SSE of Playa Azul, Mexico

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Playa Azul, Mexico on Sun, Apr 21, 2013, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2013-04-21 12:37:06 UTC
Depth
14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
17.917° N, 102.316° 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 us2013pgdq. 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
100°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.07 km NNE of Guacamayas, Mexico · 4914 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 121
  2. 4.027 km SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 4914 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.032 km S of Playa Azul, Mexico · 4914 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.016 km SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 4913 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.233 km S of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 4911 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 4.0near the coast of Michoacan, Mexico · 4910 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.116 km SSW of Infiernillo (Morelos de Infiernillo), Mexico · 4906 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.012 km NE of Pantla, Mexico · 4892 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.115 km W of Infiernillo (Morelos de Infiernillo), Mexico · 4881 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.212 km N of El Coacoyul, Mexico · 4864 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.08 km NNE of Pantla, Mexico · 4923 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.05 km N of Pantla, Mexico · 4923 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.07 km NNE of Pantla, Mexico · 4923 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 5.25 km NE of Pantla, Mexico · 4924 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 54
  5. 4.113 km NE of Lagunillas, Mexico · 4941 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013pgdq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC.