Mexico earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 88 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 88 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico on Mon, Apr 25, 2016, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 75 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-04-25 07:27:24 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.323° N, 93.133° W
Region
Mexico
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala.

From the USGS event page for us20005lif. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
300

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.576 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.888 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 6.075 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3811 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  4. 4.474 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 3.9near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3801 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.212 km SSE of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3795 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.235 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3793 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.377 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3793 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.271 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3783 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.176 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3783 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.368 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3780 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.486 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3764 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.373 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3763 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 4.477 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3763 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 6.083 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3813 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 7
  2. 4.573 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3821 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.276 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3823 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.187 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3824 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.389 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3824 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 4.380 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3824 days ago · 48 km deep · 16 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005lif. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC.