Mexico earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 1 km ENE of Mazatán, Mexico

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 1 km ENE of Mazatán, Mexico on Sun, Feb 28, 2016, 10:39 AM CST (16:39 UTC), 100 km (62 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
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-28 16:39:32 UTC
Depth
100.3 km (62.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
14.867° N, 92.433° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.3 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
127°
Stations used
84

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.976 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico · 3868 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.256 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3868 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.079 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3866 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.449 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3865 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.380 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3824 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.389 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3824 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.187 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3823 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.276 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3822 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 6.083 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3813 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
  10. 4.788 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.576 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.888 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 6.075 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3811 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6

Before

  1. 4.285 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3877 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.442 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3878 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.338 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3891 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.417 km W of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3894 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.027 km SW of Buenos Aires, Mexico · 3894 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.325 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3895 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004vj2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.