Mexico earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 3 km W of Palomares, Mexico

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 3 km W of Palomares, Mexico on Wed, Oct 4, 2017, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 5 km E of Almagres, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

Matías Romero Avendaño forecastMore in Mexico

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-05 04:55:19 UTC
Depth
32.6 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
17.137° N, 95.097° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.16 km SW of El Espinal, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.33 km SW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3281 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.32 km NE of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3281 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.19 km NNW of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, Mexico · 3281 days ago · 101 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.15 km WNW of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3279 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.22 km ENE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.11 km WNW of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.15 km E of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.26 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.24 km E of San Blas Atempa, Mexico · 3266 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.16 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3265 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 4.65 km E of Almagres, Mexico · 3260 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.04 km SSW of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3260 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.33 km NW of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3248 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.313 km NNE of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico · 3244 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 4.25 km NNE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3233 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.37 km W of Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico · 3227 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.33 km ENE of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.210 km ENE of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3286 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.33 km ENE of Paso Real de Sarabia, Mexico · 3290 days ago · 117 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 4.32 km SSW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3290 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.37 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.32 km E of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.48 km SSE of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.22 km NW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.28 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.53 km NNW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.03 km NE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 4.20 km W of San Pedro Huilotepec, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 4.51 km NNE of Ixtepec, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.14 km SSW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.40 km NE of Ixtepec, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.44 km WSW of Unión Hidalgo, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.21 km SSW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.19 km SW of Niltepec, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 4.27 km S of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.96 km N of La Ventosa, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6

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