M3.8 earthquake 15 km S of La Línea, Mexico
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 15 km S of La Línea, Mexico on Thu, Jul 21, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC), 96 km (60 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-21 09:15:29 UTC
- Depth
- 96.2 km (59.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.996° N, 94.062° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.137 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3716 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.97 km N of Tamaulipas, Mexico · 3694 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.11 km NW of Tamaulipas, Mexico · 3691 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006b8k. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.