Mexico earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 76 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 76 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico on Tue, Mar 1, 2016, 6:17 AM CST (12:17 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 83 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Mar 1, 2016, 6:17 AM CST
UTC: 2016-03-01 12:17:15 UTC
Depth: 49.9 km (31.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 14.748° N, 93.255° W
Region: Mexico
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
4.9	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.031 · 321 stations
4.97	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

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 5.3 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 81°
Stations used: 342

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004tt2 (also filed as iscgem608447855). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC.