M4.0 earthquake 85 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 85 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico on Tue, Sep 26, 2017, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 12 km E of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-26 13:42:33 UTC
- Depth
- 37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.361° N, 95.071° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 19.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.166 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2104 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3290 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.08 km SSE of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.466 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.432 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9103 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.294 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.490 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.812 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.180 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3286 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.265 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3286 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.499 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3285 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.289 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.072 km S of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.448 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.258 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.158 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.490 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.293 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.362 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.277 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6123 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2116 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3274 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.567 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.675 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.512 km E of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 34
- 4.396 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.98 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.353 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3272 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.325 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3271 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.559 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3270 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.293 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3269 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3268 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3266 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1114 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.094 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3263 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3262 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.695 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2113 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3260 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.31 km WSW of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.25 km SW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3256 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 4.184 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3255 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.38 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.64 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3250 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7106 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3249 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.289 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.287 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3246 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3244 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3243 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.145 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3239 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 4.4110 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.683 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6117 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.584 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.584 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.589 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.376 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.244 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.774 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.197 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.375 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.088 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.880 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
- 4.07 km SW of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.20 km W of San Pedro Huilotepec, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.880 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 26
- 4.155 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1103 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.268 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
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