M4.2 earthquake 71 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 71 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico on Wed, May 25, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 68 km WSW of Puerto Madero, 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
- 2016-05-25 19:49:54 UTC
- Depth
- 24.3 km (15.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.031° N, 93.675° 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, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.176 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3783 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.368 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3779 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.280 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3746 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.224 km W of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3741 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 3.9near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3801 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3144 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.474 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 6.075 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3811 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005zdx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC.