Mexico earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 47 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 47 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico on Sat, Sep 9, 2017, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC), 34 km (21 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
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-09-10 04:50:32 UTC
Depth
34.1 km (21.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.747° N, 95.092° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3124 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.5124 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 5.253 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.195 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.957 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.598 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.699 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.372 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.360 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.334 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.558 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.249 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.762 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 4.272 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.290 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.3119 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.4100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.288 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 4.2102 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 5.089 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 4.187 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 5.049 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 4.267 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 4.497 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 5.1101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  26. 4.699 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 4.7near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 4.5near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 4.4105 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 4.0132 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 4.072 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 4.564 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 4.234 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 4.444 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 4.152 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 4.42 km SE of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 4.378 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 4.390 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 4.088 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 4.152 km S of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 4.196 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 5.0117 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  43. 4.4104 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 4.2104 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 4.457 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 4.576 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 4.363 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 4.448 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 4.16 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 5.155 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 4.066 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 4.483 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 4.0near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 4.040 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 4.491 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 4.152 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 4.355 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 4.3102 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 3.9105 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 4.0120 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 193.

Before

  1. 4.1104 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.092 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.1107 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 5.892 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 8
  5. 4.0106 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.954 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 4.391 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.387 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.497 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.046 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 4.267 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.4125 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.273 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 4.882 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.452 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.4100 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 4.2108 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 4.4115 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  19. 5.354 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  20. 4.8126 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away

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