M4.8 earthquake 14 km S of Monterrey, Mexico
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 14 km S of Monterrey, Mexico on Tue, Jun 16, 2015, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC), 107 km (66 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-16 13:14:26 UTC
- Depth
- 106.6 km (66.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.931° N, 93.347° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Tuxtla Gutierrez.
From the USGS event page for us20002q9z. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.5 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 422
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.125 km WSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 4120 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.02 km NW of Tres Picos, Mexico · 4105 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.8Mexico-Guatemala border region · 4099 days ago · 145 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.53 km N of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 4086 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.17 km NE of Benito Juárez, Mexico · 4085 days ago · 182 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.711 km ENE of Tonalá, Mexico · 4077 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 25
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002q9z. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC.