M4.1 earthquake 7 km NE of Benito Juárez, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 7 km NE of Benito Juárez, Mexico on Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC), 182 km (113 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 11 km ENE of Tonalá, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-29 03:33:46 UTC
- Depth
- 182.1 km (113.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.473° N, 93.275° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Stations used
- 35
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.711 km ENE of Tonalá, Mexico · 4078 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 25
- 4.323 km N of Nueva Tenochtitlán (Rizo de Oro), Mexico · 4056 days ago · 132 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.07 km WSW of Nueva Palestina, Mexico · 4055 days ago · 167 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002yyj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.