M4.1 earthquake 79 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 79 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico on Fri, Sep 8, 2017, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 92 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-09 01:14:04 UTC
- Depth
- 32.4 km (20.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.304° N, 94.139° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 205°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 106 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.049 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.227 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.9109 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.166 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.085 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.085 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.076 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.936 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1113 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2104 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.737 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.996 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7113 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.297 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1116 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.595 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.360 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.388 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.057 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3112 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.762 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.147 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.575 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.169 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.257 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.041 km SSW of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.878 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2131 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2108 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.165 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.874 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 54 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.197 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 54 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.155 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.059 km SSW of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.971 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.593 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.396 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 55 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.796 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.8102 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1119 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.285 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.673 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 62 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.8126 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.354 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4115 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2108 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.297 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4100 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.452 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.882 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 4.273 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4125 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.497 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.387 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.391 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2127 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.954 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0106 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.892 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 4.115 km SSE of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.465 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.247 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1102 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.862 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.465 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.788 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.760 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.582 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.894 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.364 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.278 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.178 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7128 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.7101 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.577 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.058 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.985 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
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