Mexico earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 19 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 19 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico on Sun, Sep 17, 2017, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC), 51 km (32 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
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-09-17 06:03:32 UTC
Depth
50.9 km (31.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.032° N, 95.047° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
82

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 154 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 114.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000apf6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.