M4.1 earthquake 14 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico on Fri, Sep 1, 2017, 8:43 AM CDT (13:43 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M8.2 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-01 13:43:50 UTC
- Depth
- 96.6 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.448° N, 93.337° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4103 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 8.22017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake · 3309 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2,651 · PAGER red · tsunami flag
- 4.848 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.681 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.981 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.362 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.368 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.679 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.361 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.092 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.268 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.299 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.193 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.3near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.566 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.635 km SW of San Luqueño, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.561 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.340 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.363 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.40 km ESE of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.657 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.176 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.121 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.428 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7101 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.364 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.582 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.465 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.862 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1102 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.115 km SSE of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.179 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.227 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3308 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.085 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.595 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.388 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.057 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.878 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.874 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.396 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.673 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.297 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3307 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3307 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3306 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.323 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3306 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4113 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.385 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3305 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.493 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.5107 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 4.327 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3305 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6102 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3305 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.487 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3305 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
- 4.6103 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3305 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.089 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3305 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.520 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 73 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.693 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.491 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.03 km ESE of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.527 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 67 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.988 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
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