M4.2 earthquake 24 km W of El Palmarcito, Mexico
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 24 km W of El Palmarcito, Mexico on Wed, Jul 6, 2016, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 7 km N of Tamaulipas, 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
- 2016-07-06 18:26:57 UTC
- Depth
- 80.5 km (50.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.458° N, 93.435° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 12.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.815 km S of La Línea, Mexico · 3726 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.137 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3716 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6104 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3705 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0110 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3701 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.97 km N of Tamaulipas, Mexico · 3694 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 4.11 km NW of Tamaulipas, Mexico · 3691 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100063am. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.