M4.0 earthquake 2 km NW of Tres Picos, Mexico
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Tres Picos, Mexico on Wed, Jul 8, 2015, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC), 105 km (65 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-08 07:18:50 UTC
- Depth
- 105.2 km (65.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.897° N, 93.548° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.53 km N of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 4087 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 4.17 km NE of Benito Juárez, Mexico · 4085 days ago · 182 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.711 km ENE of Tonalá, Mexico · 4078 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 25
- 4.327 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 4065 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.07 km WSW of Nueva Palestina, Mexico · 4055 days ago · 167 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002yi9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.