Mexico earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 117 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 117 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico on Tue, Sep 12, 2017, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 80 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mww), moderate
Local time: Tue, Sep 12, 2017, 9:01 PM CDT
UTC: 2017-09-13 02:01:38 UTC
Depth: 14.1 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.156° N, 94.528° W
Region: Mexico
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Moment magnitude: 5.0 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 88°, dip 29°, rake -122°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 304°, dip 65°, rake -73°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.0 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.06
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 85°
Stations used: 173

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 157.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000al86 (also filed as iscgem610973250). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC.