M4.2 earthquake 68 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 68 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico on Fri, Sep 22, 2017, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC), 35 km (22 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-23 03:34:25 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.484° N, 95.183° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 213°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1103 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.155 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 5.880 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 26
- 4.94 km SE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.25 km WNW of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.21 km SSW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.20 km W of San Pedro Huilotepec, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.07 km SW of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.375 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.197 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.774 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.244 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.376 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.589 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.584 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.584 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6117 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.683 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.32 km E of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4110 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.085 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.166 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.08 km SSE of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3290 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.466 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.432 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.812 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.180 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.265 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.499 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3286 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.289 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.072 km S of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.448 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.258 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.158 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.490 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3279 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.293 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.362 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.277 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6123 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.26 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.567 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.675 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.512 km E of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 34
- 4.396 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.98 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.353 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.325 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3271 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.559 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3271 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3269 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3267 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.24 km E of San Blas Atempa, Mexico · 3265 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.16 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3265 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3263 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.04 km SSW of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3259 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.31 km WSW of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3258 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.25 km SW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3258 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3258 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 73.
Before
- 4.126 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.259 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2109 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.134 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.952 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.022 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.567 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.620 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 4.613 km ENE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 5.0108 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.458 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.963 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.377 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3116 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.9102 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.144 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.342 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.219 km SE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.8119 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
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