Mexico earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 89 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 89 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico on Tue, Sep 12, 2017, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 80 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mww), moderate
Local time: Tue, Sep 12, 2017, 10:28 AM CDT
UTC: 2017-09-12 15:28:21 UTC
Depth: 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.063° N, 93.919° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude: 5.0 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 54°, dip 49°, rake 36°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 299°, dip 64°, rake 133°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.5 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 84°
Stations used: 110

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 163 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 136.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aktu (also filed as iscgem610972288). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC.