M4.1 earthquake 6 km SW of El Espinal, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 6 km SW of El Espinal, Mexico on Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 5:11 AM CDT (10:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 12 km E of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2017-10-06 10:11:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.453° N, 95.086° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.33 km SW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3280 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.32 km NE of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3280 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.19 km NNW of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, Mexico · 3279 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.15 km WNW of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.22 km ENE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.11 km WNW of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.15 km E of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.26 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.567 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.512 km E of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 34
- 3.98 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.353 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3272 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.325 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3271 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.559 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3270 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3266 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.24 km E of San Blas Atempa, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.16 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3262 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.029 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3260 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.04 km SSW of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3258 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.31 km WSW of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.25 km SW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 4.38 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.64 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3250 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.33 km NW of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3247 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.313 km NNE of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico · 3243 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.145 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3239 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.25 km NNE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3231 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.530 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3228 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.37 km W of Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico · 3226 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.158 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.13 km W of Palomares, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.33 km ENE of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 4.448 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.08 km SSE of Santa María Ecatepec, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.210 km ENE of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3285 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.812 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.432 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.466 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.33 km ENE of Paso Real de Sarabia, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.08 km SSE of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.32 km SSW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.37 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3290 days ago · 65 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.32 km E of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.48 km SSE of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 41 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.22 km NW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.244 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.28 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.53 km NNW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.03 km NE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
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