M4.0 earthquake 72 km S of El Carrizal, Mexico

Magnitude

4.0 (mb), light

Local time

Wed, Oct 4, 2017, 12:20 AM CDT

UTC

2017-10-04 05:20:09 UTC

Depth

8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

15.415° N, 95.302° W

Region

Mexico

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.3 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

185°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

36

• Salina Cruz, MexicoPopulation 84,438. Forecast85 kmS
• Oaxaca, MexicoPopulation 255,029. Forecast238 kmSE
• Puebla, MexicoPopulation 1,692,181. Forecast508 kmSE

After

1. 4.448 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoWed, Oct 4, 10:17 AM CDT · 3283 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
2. 4.258 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoWed, Oct 4, 4:05 PM CDT · 3282 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
3. 4.158 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoThu, Oct 5, 7:34 AM CDT · 3282 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
4. 4.490 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoMon, Oct 9, 4:22 AM CDT · 3278 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
5. 4.362 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoWed, Oct 11, 6:01 AM CDT · 3276 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
6. 4.277 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoWed, Oct 11, 6:06 AM CDT · 3276 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
7. 4.6123 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoThu, Oct 12, 2:49 PM CDT · 3274 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.567 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoFri, Oct 13, 6:23 AM CDT · 3274 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
9. 4.675 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoFri, Oct 13, 6:40 PM CDT · 3273 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
10. 4.396 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Oct 14, 5:03 AM CDT · 3273 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
11. 3.98 km S of Colonia Juárez, MexicoSat, Oct 14, 2:33 PM CDT · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
12. 4.353 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoSun, Oct 15, 7:44 AM CDT · 3272 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
13. 4.325 km S of Salina Cruz, MexicoMon, Oct 16, 10:45 AM CDT · 3271 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
14. 4.559 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Oct 17, 4:23 AM CDT · 3270 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
15. 4.5101 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoThu, Oct 19, 1:00 AM CDT · 3268 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
16. 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoFri, Oct 20, 4:03 PM CDT · 3266 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, MexicoTue, Oct 24, 6:21 PM CDT · 3262 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
18. 4.029 km SSE of Salina Cruz, MexicoThu, Oct 26, 6:26 PM CDT · 3260 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
19. 4.31 km WSW of Huazantlán del Río, MexicoSun, Oct 29, 5:46 PM CST · 3257 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
20. 4.25 km SW of Salina Cruz, MexicoSun, Oct 29, 9:20 PM CST · 3257 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
21. 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoSun, Oct 29, 11:13 PM CST · 3257 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
22. 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoMon, Oct 30, 6:02 PM CST · 3256 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
23. 4.184 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoWed, Nov 1, 8:51 AM CST · 3255 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
24. 4.38 km SSW of Salina Cruz, MexicoWed, Nov 1, 7:51 PM CST · 3254 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
25. 4.64 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, MexicoThu, Nov 2, 9:49 AM CST · 3254 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
26. 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Nov 5, 1:24 PM CST · 3250 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
27. 4.287 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Nov 9, 3:03 PM CST · 3246 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
28. 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSun, Nov 12, 4:00 AM CST · 3244 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
29. 4.0112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSun, Nov 12, 4:29 PM CST · 3243 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
30. 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Nov 16, 6:55 AM CST · 3240 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
31. 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Nov 16, 8:04 AM CST · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
32. 4.145 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoThu, Nov 16, 10:08 PM CST · 3239 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
33. 4.4116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Nov 18, 12:43 PM CST · 3237 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
34. 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Nov 18, 1:17 PM CST · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
35. 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoTue, Nov 21, 6:49 AM CST · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
36. 4.530 km S of Salina Cruz, MexicoMon, Nov 27, 4:03 PM CST · 3228 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
37. 4.391 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoWed, Nov 29, 1:45 AM CST · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
38. 4.279 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Dec 2, 9:05 AM CST · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away

Before

1. 4.289 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Oct 3, 5:02 PM CDT · 3283 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
2. 4.499 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Oct 1, 2:22 PM CDT · 3285 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
3. 4.265 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSun, Oct 1, 5:33 AM CDT · 3286 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
4. 4.180 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 30, 1:31 PM CDT · 3286 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
5. 4.812 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 30, 1:15 PM CDT · 3286 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.432 km SSE of Salina Cruz, MexicoFri, Sep 29, 3:59 PM CDT · 3287 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
7. 4.466 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoFri, Sep 29, 10:23 AM CDT · 3288 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
8. 4.08 km SSE of Rincón Moreno, MexicoThu, Sep 28, 2:27 AM CDT · 3289 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
9. 4.166 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Sep 26, 11:07 AM CDT · 3291 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
10. 4.085 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoTue, Sep 26, 8:42 AM CDT · 3291 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
11. 4.4110 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Sep 26, 8:40 AM CDT · 3291 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
12. 4.683 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoMon, Sep 25, 11:29 AM CDT · 3292 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
13. 4.6117 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoMon, Sep 25, 9:30 AM CDT · 3292 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
14. 4.4100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoMon, Sep 25, 9:09 AM CDT · 3292 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
15. 4.584 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoMon, Sep 25, 4:39 AM CDT · 3292 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
16. 4.584 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoMon, Sep 25, 4:36 AM CDT · 3292 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
17. 4.589 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoMon, Sep 25, 2:23 AM CDT · 3292 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
18. 4.376 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Sep 24, 11:29 PM CDT · 3292 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
19. 4.244 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Sep 24, 7:56 PM CDT · 3292 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
20. 4.774 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoSun, Sep 24, 6:29 PM CDT · 3292 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b0uj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.