M4.2 earthquake 97 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Fri, Sep 8, 2017, 11:34 PM CDT

UTC

2017-09-09 04:34:05 UTC

Depth

41.9 km (26.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

15.336° N, 94.459° W

Region

Mexico

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.6 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

168°

Stations used

57

• Tonalá, MexicoPopulation 35,322. Forecast113 kmSW
• Tuxtla, MexicoPopulation 604,147. Forecast213 kmSW
• Puebla, MexicoPopulation 1,692,181. Forecast573 kmSE

After

1. 4.1116 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 11:49 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
2. 5.595 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Sep 8, 11:54 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
3. 4.360 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 12:02 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
4. 4.388 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoSat, Sep 9, 12:09 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
5. 4.057 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoSat, Sep 9, 12:17 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
6. 4.3112 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 12:18 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
7. 4.762 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 12:22 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
8. 4.147 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 12:48 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
9. 4.575 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 1:12 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
10. 4.169 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 1:15 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
11. 4.257 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 1:19 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
12. 5.041 km SSW of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 1:24 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
13. 4.878 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoSat, Sep 9, 1:28 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
14. 4.2131 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 1:32 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
15. 4.2108 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 1:37 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 59 km deep · 16 km away
16. 4.165 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 2:00 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
17. 4.874 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoSat, Sep 9, 3:01 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
18. 4.197 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 3:44 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
19. 3.9130 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 4:39 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
20. 4.155 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 5:19 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
21. 4.059 km SSW of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 6:22 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
22. 4.971 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 6:50 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
23. 4.724 km SSW of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 7:17 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
24. 4.593 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 7:25 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
25. 4.396 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoSat, Sep 9, 7:48 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
26. 4.796 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 8:18 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
27. 4.8102 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 8:21 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
28. 4.1119 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 9:45 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
29. 4.285 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 10:20 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
30. 4.673 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoSat, Sep 9, 10:27 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
31. 4.8126 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 10:29 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
32. 5.354 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 10:30 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
33. 4.4115 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 11:21 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
34. 4.2108 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 11:40 AM CDT · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
35. 4.297 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoSat, Sep 9, 12:22 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
36. 4.4100 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 12:54 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
37. 4.452 km SW of La Gloria, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 1:50 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
38. 4.882 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 3:26 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
39. 4.273 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 3:32 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
40. 4.4125 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 3:34 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
41. 4.267 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 3:45 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
42. 4.046 km SSE of Salina Cruz, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 4:45 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
43. 4.497 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 7:52 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
44. 4.387 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 7:58 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
45. 4.391 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 8:05 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
46. 4.2127 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 8:51 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
47. 3.954 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 8:57 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
48. 4.0106 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 9:26 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
49. 5.892 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 10:07 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 8
50. 4.1107 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 10:30 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
51. 4.092 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 11:28 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
52. 4.1104 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 11:43 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
53. 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoSat, Sep 9, 11:50 PM CDT · 3307 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
54. 4.0106 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoSun, Sep 10, 12:51 AM CDT · 3307 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
55. 4.3124 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSun, Sep 10, 1:26 AM CDT · 3307 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
56. 4.5124 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSun, Sep 10, 2:15 AM CDT · 3307 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
57. 5.253 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSun, Sep 10, 3:39 AM CDT · 3307 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
58. 4.195 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoSun, Sep 10, 4:33 AM CDT · 3307 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
59. 4.957 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Sep 10, 5:14 AM CDT · 3307 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
60. 4.598 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoSun, Sep 10, 8:38 AM CDT · 3307 days ago · 53 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 4.7113 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 11:22 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
2. 3.996 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 11:14 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
3. 3.737 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 11:09 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
4. 4.2104 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Sep 8, 11:02 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
5. 4.1113 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 10:18 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 66 km deep · 20 km away
6. 4.936 km SW of La Gloria, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 10:08 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
7. 4.076 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 10:05 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away
8. 4.085 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 10:01 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 59 km deep · 24 km away
9. 4.085 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Sep 8, 9:57 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
10. 5.166 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 9:43 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
11. 4.9109 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoFri, Sep 8, 9:32 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
12. 4.227 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 8:40 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
13. 4.049 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 8:30 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
14. 4.179 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 8:14 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
15. 3.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 8:00 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 47 km deep · 4 km away
16. 4.465 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 7:47 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
17. 4.247 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoFri, Sep 8, 7:23 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
18. 4.1102 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Sep 8, 6:22 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
19. 4.862 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), MexicoFri, Sep 8, 5:28 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
20. 4.465 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), MexicoFri, Sep 8, 5:14 PM CDT · 3308 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aila. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:27 AM UTC.