Mexico earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 95 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 95 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico on Fri, Sep 8, 2017, 1:34 AM CDT (06:34 UTC), 46 km (28 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
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-09-08 06:34:37 UTC
Depth
45.7 km (28.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.269° N, 94.348° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
146°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.268 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.185 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.299 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.2174 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.2113 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.193 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.469 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.472 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 4.185 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.375 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 4.578 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.3148 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.351 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.2143 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.344 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 4.3111 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 5.3near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 4.566 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 4.635 km SW of San Luqueño, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.499 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 49 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 4.195 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 4.580 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 4.592 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 4.682 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 54 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 4.561 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 4.340 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 4.277 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 4.6120 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 4.5129 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 5.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 4.824 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  33. 4.799 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 41 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 4.5near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 5.290 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  36. 4.381 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 4.363 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 4.7110 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  39. 4.365 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 4.3103 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 4.5134 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 4.5108 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 4.493 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 4.657 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 5.131 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  46. 5.0103 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 5.375 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  48. 4.279 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 4.3near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 4.2142 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 4.6141 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 4.176 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 69 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 4.993 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 64 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 4.8102 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 5.0113 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 5.121 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 4.899 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 4.968 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 4.1101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 4.3116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 4.092 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.386 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.361 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.688 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.3111 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.2112 km S of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.288 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.679 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.368 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.289 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.461 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 5.076 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.362 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 4.981 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 4.762 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 5.1112 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 5.298 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 4.681 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 5.2113 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  20. 4.829 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000arr6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.