Mexico earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico on Sun, Oct 29, 2017, 11:13 PM CST (05:13 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Oct 29, 2017, 11:13 PM CST
UTC: 2017-10-30 05:13:57 UTC
Depth: 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.321° N, 94.518° W
Region: Mexico
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.9	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.042 · 175 stations
5.03	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

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 5.7 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 125°
Stations used: 239

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ayfu (also filed as iscgem611307423). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.