M4.1 earthquake 115 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 115 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico on Sun, Oct 1, 2017, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 141 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), 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
- 2017-10-01 09:22:10 UTC
- Depth
- 24.6 km (15.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.866° N, 94.072° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.499 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3285 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.978 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3284 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.598 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3284 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.289 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.8106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3283 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3136 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3283 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0115 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3280 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.490 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.150 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3277 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.293 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2142 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6123 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2116 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3274 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.080 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3274 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.675 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3100 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3273 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.396 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.290 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3272 days ago · 43 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.293 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3269 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3268 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.154 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3267 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3131 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1114 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.094 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3262 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
- 3.9125 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.695 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2113 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3261 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.070 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3260 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.151 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3257 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3256 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 4.184 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.184 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3254 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7106 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3249 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.289 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6118 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3247 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.287 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3246 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3244 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3243 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3237 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3237 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.3141 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3235 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.486 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.391 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3227 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3130 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3226 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 4.490 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.294 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.293 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9103 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.7142 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3287 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7108 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3287 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.591 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4124 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.2130 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.4125 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.151 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.599 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2104 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3290 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.166 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3290 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4110 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7111 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3291 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 4.683 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6117 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
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