M4.1 earthquake 45 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 45 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico on Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 10:08 PM CST (04:08 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 36 km SSE 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-17 04:08:49 UTC
- Depth
- 38.7 km (24.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.768° N, 95.098° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.25 km NNE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3231 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.530 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3228 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.391 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.37 km W of Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico · 3225 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.279 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.515 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3214 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.395 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3210 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.133 km S of El Coyul, Mexico · 3208 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.51 km E of Santiago Laollaga, Mexico · 3208 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 4.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3201 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 4.871 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3200 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.05 km W of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3197 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.06 km NNW of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, Mexico · 3196 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.14 km WNW of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3195 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.635 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3193 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3192 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.484 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3191 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 4.0112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3243 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3244 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.287 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3246 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.33 km NW of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3247 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3250 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.64 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.38 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.184 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3255 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3256 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.25 km SW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 4.31 km WSW of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.04 km SSW of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3258 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3260 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3262 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.16 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.24 km E of San Blas Atempa, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3266 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bu2c. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.