Mexico earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 27 km SW of Buenos Aires, Mexico

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Buenos Aires, Mexico on Wed, Feb 3, 2016, 8:11 PM CST (02:11 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 76 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-04 02:11:10 UTC
Depth
52.6 km (32.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.738° N, 92.684° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
164°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.417 km W of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3893 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.338 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3890 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.442 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3878 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.285 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3877 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.41 km ENE of Mazatán, Mexico · 3869 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.976 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico · 3867 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.256 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3867 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.079 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3866 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.449 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3865 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.3122 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3852 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.325 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3894 days ago · 57 km deep · 17 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004v1a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC.