M4.0 earthquake 112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico

Magnitude

4.0 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Nov 12, 2017, 4:29 PM CST

UTC

2017-11-12 22:29:53 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

15.208° N, 94.507° W

Region

Mexico

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

185°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

29

• Tonalá, MexicoPopulation 35,322. Forecast127 kmSW
• Tuxtla, MexicoPopulation 604,147. Forecast227 kmSW
• Puebla, MexicoPopulation 1,692,181. Forecast580 kmSE

After

1. 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Nov 16, 6:55 AM CST · 3240 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
2. 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Nov 16, 8:04 AM CST · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
3. 4.145 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoThu, Nov 16, 10:08 PM CST · 3239 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
4. 5.2106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoSat, Nov 18, 11:07 AM CST · 3237 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
5. 4.4116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Nov 18, 12:43 PM CST · 3237 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
6. 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Nov 18, 1:17 PM CST · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
7. 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoTue, Nov 21, 6:49 AM CST · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
8. 4.486 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoTue, Nov 21, 6:51 PM CST · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
9. 4.391 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoWed, Nov 29, 1:45 AM CST · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
10. 4.3130 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoWed, Nov 29, 3:29 PM CST · 3226 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
11. 4.187 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoThu, Nov 30, 9:42 PM CST · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
12. 4.279 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Dec 2, 9:05 AM CST · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
13. 4.194 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Dec 8, 10:33 PM CST · 3217 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
14. 4.892 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoTue, Dec 12, 2:53 AM CST · 3214 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
15. 4.293 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), MexicoWed, Dec 13, 12:54 PM CST · 3212 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
16. 4.395 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Dec 16, 12:37 AM CST · 3210 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
17. 4.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoMon, Dec 25, 12:21 AM CST · 3201 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
18. 4.871 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Dec 26, 3:13 AM CST · 3200 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
19. 4.635 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Jan 2, 3:48 AM CST · 3193 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
20. 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Jan 2, 8:29 PM CST · 3192 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
21. 4.484 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Jan 4, 10:09 AM CST · 3190 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
22. 4.5111 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoTue, Jan 9, 1:27 AM CST · 3186 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSun, Nov 12, 4:00 AM CST · 3244 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
2. 4.287 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Nov 9, 3:03 PM CST · 3246 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
3. 4.6118 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoWed, Nov 8, 9:28 AM CST · 3248 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
4. 4.289 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoTue, Nov 7, 9:33 AM CST · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
5. 4.7106 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoMon, Nov 6, 5:33 PM CST · 3249 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
6. 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Nov 5, 1:24 PM CST · 3250 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
7. 5.184 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoWed, Nov 1, 5:29 PM CST · 3254 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
8. 4.184 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoWed, Nov 1, 8:51 AM CST · 3255 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
9. 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoMon, Oct 30, 6:02 PM CST · 3256 days ago · 36 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
10. 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoSun, Oct 29, 11:13 PM CST · 3257 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.070 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoThu, Oct 26, 7:00 PM CDT · 3260 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
12. 4.2113 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoWed, Oct 25, 11:16 PM CDT · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
13. 4.695 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoWed, Oct 25, 5:41 PM CDT · 3261 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
14. 3.9125 km SW of El Palmarcito, MexicoWed, Oct 25, 4:49 PM CDT · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
15. 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, MexicoTue, Oct 24, 6:21 PM CDT · 3262 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
16. 5.094 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoTue, Oct 24, 11:12 AM CDT · 3262 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
17. 4.1114 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoMon, Oct 23, 9:19 AM CDT · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
18. 4.3131 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoSun, Oct 22, 7:08 PM CDT · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
19. 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoFri, Oct 20, 4:03 PM CDT · 3266 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
20. 4.154 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Oct 20, 8:01 AM CDT · 3267 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bln2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC.