M4.9 earthquake 4 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 4 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico on Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-18 19:02:15 UTC
- Depth
- 70.7 km (43.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.679° N, 92.436° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.035 · 253 stations |
| 5.0 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (I) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador. Felt at Guatemala City, Olintepeque and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
From the USGS event page for us20006fl8. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 363
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.827 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3717 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 13
- 4.33 km ESE of Concepción Tutuapa, Guatemala · 3698 days ago · 184 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3696 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.284 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3685 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.046 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3731 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.345 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3734 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.542 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3742 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.537 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3743 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.287 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3751 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.224 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3752 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.08 km E of Amatenango de la Frontera, Mexico · 3754 days ago · 202 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006fl8 (also filed as iscgem609329149). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC.