M4.1 earthquake 33 km S of El Coyul, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 33 km S of El Coyul, Mexico on Sun, Dec 17, 2017, 4:04 PM CST (22:04 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 43 km SSE of El Coyul, 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
- 2017-12-17 22:04:53 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.617° N, 95.771° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.05 km W of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3197 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.14 km WNW of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3195 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.181 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.241 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3174 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.449 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3167 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.361 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3164 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.39 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3162 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.61 km NW of San Pedro Pochutla, Mexico · 3157 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 41
- 5.043 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico · 3150 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 4.515 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3214 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.530 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3228 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c5gu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.