M4.2 earthquake 89 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 89 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico on Tue, Nov 7, 2017, 9:33 AM CST (15:33 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-07 15:33:56 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.271° N, 94.258° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 169°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6118 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3248 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.287 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3246 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3244 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3243 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.2106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3237 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.486 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.391 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3130 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3226 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.187 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.279 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.194 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3217 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.892 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3214 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 4.293 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3212 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.325 km S of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3210 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.395 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3210 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3201 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 4.871 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3200 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.635 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3193 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3192 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.484 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3190 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.7106 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3249 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3250 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.184 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3254 days ago · 59 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 4.184 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3255 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3256 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.151 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3257 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.070 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3260 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2113 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.695 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.9125 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.094 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3262 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1114 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3131 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3266 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.012 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3267 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.154 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3267 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3268 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.293 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3269 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.559 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3270 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
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