M4.3 earthquake 95 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 95 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico on Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 94 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-21 21:28:27 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.366° N, 93.229° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 103
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.994 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3325 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.584 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3325 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1104 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3324 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.387 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3323 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2115 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3323 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0118 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3317 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4103 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3310 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.092 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3309 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.299 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3309 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3307 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4146 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3306 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.327 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3305 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.281 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.775 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.278 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.137 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3302 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.733 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3297 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.486 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7108 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3287 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.293 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.463 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 4.150 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3277 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.339 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3277 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 5.3near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3326 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.567 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3337 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.313 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3338 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3339 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 3.935 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3342 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5101 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3350 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.272 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3353 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aaf2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC.