Mexico earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 4 km NNE of Hidalgo, Mexico

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Hidalgo, Mexico on Tue, Sep 1, 2015, 12:04 PM CDT (17:04 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Sep 1, 2015, 12:04 PM CDT
UTC: 2015-09-01 17:04:14 UTC
Depth: 104.4 km (64.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 15.390° N, 92.722° W
Region: Mexico
Felt reports: 7
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
5.4	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.34	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.3	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed

What happened

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

Felt at Ixtaltepec, Minatitlan, San Cristobal de las Casas, Tuxtla Gutierrez and Villahermosa. Also felt at San Lorenzo, Guatemala.

From the USGS event page for us20003few. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 5.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 312°, dip 75°, rake -95°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 154°, dip 16°, rake -68°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.3 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 67°
Stations used: 394

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 4 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 us20003few (also filed as gcmt20150901170415, iscgem610637115). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC.