M4.4 earthquake 116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico on Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 12:43 PM CST (18:43 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 36 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-18 18:43:59 UTC
- Depth
- 36.9 km (22.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.170° N, 94.522° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 22.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.486 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.391 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3130 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3226 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.187 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.279 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.194 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3217 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.892 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3214 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 4.293 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3212 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.395 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3210 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3201 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.871 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3200 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.635 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3193 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3192 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.484 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3191 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5111 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3186 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 5.2106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3238 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 4.145 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3239 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3243 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3244 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.287 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3246 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6118 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3248 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.289 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7106 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3249 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3250 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.184 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3254 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 4.184 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3255 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3256 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.070 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3260 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2113 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.695 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.9125 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3262 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
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