M4.0 earthquake 110 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 110 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico on Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 146 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), 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
- 2016-08-15 06:08:04 UTC
- Depth
- 35.3 km (21.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.864° N, 94.010° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.284 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3685 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6146 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3648 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006f26. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.