M3.9 earthquake 88 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 88 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico on Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC), 42 km (26 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-13 09:18:22 UTC
- Depth
- 42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.267° N, 94.238° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.576 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.363 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.9124 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.54 km S of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.448 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7106 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3303 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.066 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.483 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5106 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.0118 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3303 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.498 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3303 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.491 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.263 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.152 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.355 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.137 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3302 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.155 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3102 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.9105 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.442 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0120 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.979 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3302 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.131 km SW of San Luqueño, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2115 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.141 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.085 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 55 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.5116 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3301 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.299 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.9104 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3301 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.469 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.1111 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1101 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.590 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 51 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.092 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.080 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2112 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.086 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0146 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2108 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3299 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.284 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.1117 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.6108 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 4.8119 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4130 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3298 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9102 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3116 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.377 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.963 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.598 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3298 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.998 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3298 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.0108 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3297 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.567 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3297 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.733 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3297 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.952 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3297 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.232 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1131 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3296 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.816 km SW of Tamaulipas, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1103 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3295 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 148.
Before
- 4.527 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2104 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.03 km ESE of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4104 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.0117 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.196 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.9126 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.088 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.390 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.378 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.491 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.693 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.152 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.089 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.444 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.564 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.072 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0132 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4105 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6103 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3305 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
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