M4.2 earthquake 25 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 25 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico on Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 4 km NNE of Hidalgo, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-29 06:03:06 UTC
- Depth
- 58.3 km (36.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.600° N, 92.621° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 166°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.132 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico · 4083 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.143 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4067 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.262 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4065 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.013 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4064 days ago · 77 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 4060 days ago · 83 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.119 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4059 days ago · 81 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.480 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4057 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.130 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4054 days ago · 57 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.44 km NNE of Hidalgo, Mexico · 4050 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
- 4.093 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 4050 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.643 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4049 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.277 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4048 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.173 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4048 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.590 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4036 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.8119 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4035 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.092 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2105 km WSW of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico · 4033 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.577 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4032 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.373 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4032 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.373 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4031 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.385 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.610 km NW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4025 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.340 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4088 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.011 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4090 days ago · 82 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.238 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4094 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.330 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4098 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003172. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC.