M4.8 earthquake 92 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico

Magnitude

4.8 (mww), light

Local time

Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 2:53 AM CST

UTC

2017-12-12 08:53:19 UTC

Depth

32.1 km (19.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

15.214° N, 94.218° W

Region

Mexico

Felt reports

3

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Oblique normal

Moment magnitude

4.8 Mww

Nodal plane 1

Strike 70°, dip 49°, rake -146°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 316°, dip 65°, rake -47°

Location uncertainty

About 4.2 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

131°

Stations used

250

• Tonalá, MexicoPopulation 35,322. Forecast109 kmSSW
• Tuxtla, MexicoPopulation 604,147. Forecast208 kmSW
• Puebla, MexicoPopulation 1,692,181. Forecast601 kmSE

After

1. 4.293 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), MexicoWed, Dec 13, 12:54 PM CST · 3212 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
2. 4.325 km S of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Dec 15, 2:42 PM CST · 3210 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
3. 4.395 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Dec 16, 12:37 AM CST · 3210 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
4. 4.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoMon, Dec 25, 12:21 AM CST · 3201 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
5. 4.871 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Dec 26, 3:13 AM CST · 3200 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Jan 2, 8:29 PM CST · 3192 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
7. 4.484 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Jan 4, 10:09 AM CST · 3191 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
8. 4.5111 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoTue, Jan 9, 1:27 AM CST · 3186 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.2101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoFri, Jan 19, 12:09 AM CST · 3176 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
10. 4.195 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Jan 20, 12:12 PM CST · 3174 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
11. 4.099 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Jan 20, 3:49 PM CST · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
12. 4.085 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Jan 20, 10:30 PM CST · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
13. 4.181 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoSun, Jan 21, 1:30 AM CST · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
14. 4.3100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Jan 25, 5:32 AM CST · 3170 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
15. 4.449 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Jan 28, 11:05 AM CST · 3166 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
16. 4.3115 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoTue, Jan 30, 1:09 AM CST · 3165 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
17. 4.361 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Jan 30, 2:50 PM CST · 3164 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
18. 4.0109 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Feb 1, 7:56 PM CST · 3162 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away

Before

1. 4.194 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Dec 8, 10:33 PM CST · 3217 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
2. 4.279 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Dec 2, 9:05 AM CST · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
3. 4.187 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoThu, Nov 30, 9:42 PM CST · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
4. 4.3130 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoWed, Nov 29, 3:29 PM CST · 3226 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
5. 4.391 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoWed, Nov 29, 1:45 AM CST · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
6. 4.486 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoTue, Nov 21, 6:51 PM CST · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
7. 5.3141 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), MexicoMon, Nov 20, 10:13 PM CST · 3235 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
8. 4.4116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Nov 18, 12:43 PM CST · 3237 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
9. 5.2106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoSat, Nov 18, 11:07 AM CST · 3237 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
10. 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Nov 16, 8:04 AM CST · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
11. 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Nov 16, 6:55 AM CST · 3240 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
12. 4.0112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSun, Nov 12, 4:29 PM CST · 3243 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
13. 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSun, Nov 12, 4:00 AM CST · 3244 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c3al. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.