Mexico earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 27 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 27 km WSW of El Palmarcito, Mexico on Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 80 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.5 (mb), light
Local time: Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 12:09 AM CDT
UTC: 2017-09-13 05:09:33 UTC
Depth: 66.8 km (41.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.408° N, 93.451° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 150°
Stations used: 101

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 69.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ala9 (also filed as iscgem611166859). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC.