M4.1 earthquake 55 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 55 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico on Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC), 41 km (25 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-23 07:18:55 UTC
- Depth
- 40.5 km (25.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.767° N, 94.441° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 8.1 km horizontally, 23.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.880 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 26
- 4.82 km N of Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.25 km WNW of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.19 km SW of Niltepec, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.44 km WSW of Unión Hidalgo, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.20 km W of San Pedro Huilotepec, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.880 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 12
- 4.088 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.375 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0100 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3293 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.28 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.197 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.774 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.244 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.376 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.589 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.584 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.584 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6117 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.683 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.32 km E of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7111 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4110 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.085 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.166 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.37 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2104 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3291 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.599 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3289 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.151 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3289 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.591 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.466 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.432 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.9103 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.294 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.490 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.812 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.180 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.265 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3286 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.499 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3286 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.978 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3285 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.598 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3284 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.289 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8106 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3283 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.448 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.258 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.158 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0115 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3281 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.15 km WNW of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.490 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.293 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.362 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.277 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6123 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2116 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3275 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.26 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.080 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3274 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.567 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.675 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 105.
Before
- 4.1103 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.268 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 4.126 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.259 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2109 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.974 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3296 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1103 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3296 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.816 km SW of Tamaulipas, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.134 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3297 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.952 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3297 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.022 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.567 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.620 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 4.613 km ENE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 5.0108 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.458 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.998 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3298 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.598 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3298 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.963 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3298 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.377 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
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