Mexico earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 5 km WSW of Buenos Aires, Mexico

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Buenos Aires, Mexico on Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 27 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 4:23 AM CDT
UTC: 2014-07-20 09:23:29 UTC
Depth: 79.1 km (49.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 14.865° N, 92.524° 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
5.1	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.028 · 450 stations
5.02	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap: 62°
Stations used: 202

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000rurw (also filed as iscgem604851228). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.