Mexico earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 87 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 87 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico on Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 75 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-08-24 16:18:34 UTC
Depth
18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.241° N, 93.063° 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, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
165°
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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2115 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3324 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.0118 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3318 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.361 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.4146 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.281 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.775 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 53 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.278 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3304 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.7108 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.293 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3288 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.463 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3279 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  11. 4.150 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3278 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 4.339 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3278 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.1104 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3325 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.584 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3326 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.994 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3326 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.395 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3327 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 5.3near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3327 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 4.567 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3338 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.313 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3338 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.1near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3340 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.935 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3343 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000abdg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC.