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M4.6 earthquake 13 km ENE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico on Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 7 km NNE of Ixtepec, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-09-19 23:11:32 UTC
Depth
45.3 km (28.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.235° N, 94.863° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.4 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
152°
Stations used
130

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.620 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.567 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.022 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 3.952 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.134 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3299 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.259 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3297 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.126 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3297 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.268 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.155 km SW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  10. 5.880 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 26
  11. 6.17 km NNE of Ixtepec, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 205 · PAGER yellow
  12. 4.94 km SE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 62 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.81 km SSW of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  14. 4.82 km N of Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.25 km WNW of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.42 km N of Santiago Laollaga, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 4.13 km NNE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 4.96 km N of La Ventosa, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  19. 4.27 km S of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 4.19 km SW of Niltepec, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.21 km SSW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 4.44 km WSW of Unión Hidalgo, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 4.40 km NE of Ixtepec, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 4.14 km SSW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3296 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 4.51 km NNE of Ixtepec, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 4.20 km W of San Pedro Huilotepec, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 76 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 4.07 km SW of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 4.03 km NE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 4.375 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 4.53 km NNW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 4.28 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3295 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 4.774 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 4.244 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 4.376 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 4.584 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 4.584 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 4.22 km NW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 4.48 km SSE of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 4.683 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 4.32 km E of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 4.085 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 4.166 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 4.37 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  44. 4.32 km SSW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  45. 4.08 km SSE of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 4.33 km ENE of Paso Real de Sarabia, Mexico · 3291 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 4.466 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3290 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 4.432 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3290 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 4.812 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  50. 4.180 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 4.265 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 4.210 km ENE of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 4.289 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3286 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 4.448 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3285 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 4.33 km ENE of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3285 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  56. 4.258 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3285 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 4.158 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 4.16 km SW of El Espinal, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  59. 4.33 km SW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 4.32 km NE of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 4.458 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.963 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.377 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3300 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.144 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.342 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.219 km SE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.918 km ESE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3301 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.086 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.127 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.080 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 5.033 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.519 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.072 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3302 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 4.041 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.469 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.514 km SE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 4.055 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 4.029 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 5.611 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.039 km SE of Santiago Astata, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away

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