M4.4 earthquake 63 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 63 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico on Sun, Oct 8, 2017, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 9 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-09 00:07:55 UTC
- Depth
- 40.5 km (25.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.327° N, 92.855° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 198
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.150 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3277 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.339 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3277 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.628 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3258 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.435 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3257 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.29 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3252 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 46
- 4.779 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3241 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4115 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3233 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.090 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3227 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.083 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3219 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.278 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.775 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.281 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4146 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3307 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.361 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico · 3307 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b2wu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC.