Mexico earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 55 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 55 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico on Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 80 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT
UTC: 2017-09-13 21:30:46 UTC
Depth: 13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.610° N, 95.173° W
Region: Mexico
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.1	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.066 · 22 stations
5.23	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Moment magnitude: 5.1 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 144°, dip 39°, rake -59°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 286°, dip 57°, rake -113°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 1.5 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 82°
Stations used: 268

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 175 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 139.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000alvq (also filed as iscgem611975026). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.