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M4.3 earthquake 51 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 51 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico on Fri, Sep 8, 2017, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 7 km NNE of Ixtepec, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-09-08 08:06:09 UTC
Depth
35.1 km (21.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.746° N, 95.000° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 18.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
45

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 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.344 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.3111 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.635 km SW of San Luqueño, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.499 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.195 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.580 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.592 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.682 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.277 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.6120 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 4.5129 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 5.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.824 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.799 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 4.5near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 5.290 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  18. 4.381 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 4.7110 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  20. 4.365 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 4.3103 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 4.5134 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 4.5108 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 4.493 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 5.131 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  26. 5.0103 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 5.375 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  28. 4.279 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 4.3near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 4.2142 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 4.6141 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 4.176 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 4.993 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 4.8102 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 5.0113 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 4.899 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 4.968 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 4.1101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 4.3116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 4.985 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 5.058 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  42. 4.2116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 5.32 km N of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  44. 4.577 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 4.178 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 4.278 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 4.364 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 4.894 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 4.760 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 4.788 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 4.247 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 4.465 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 3.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 4.049 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 5.166 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  56. 4.085 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 4.076 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 4.936 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 4.1113 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 3.812 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 4.578 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.375 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.185 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.472 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.469 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.2113 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.185 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.268 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.295 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.386 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 4.688 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.3111 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.2112 km S of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.288 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.289 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 4.461 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 5.076 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.762 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 5.298 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 5.2113 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3311 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2

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