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M4.2 earthquake 60 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 60 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico on Sun, Nov 5, 2017, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 86 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-11-05 19:24:08 UTC
Depth
45.2 km (28.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.664° N, 94.986° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 14.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
166°
Stations used
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.289 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3250 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.287 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3248 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.1106 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3245 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.0112 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3245 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.986 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3241 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.182 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3241 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.145 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.4116 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3239 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3239 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3236 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 4.25 km NNE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3233 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.530 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3230 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.391 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3228 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.3130 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3228 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 4.37 km W of Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico · 3227 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.187 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3226 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.279 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3225 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 4.892 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3215 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  19. 4.515 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3215 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.395 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3211 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 4.133 km S of El Coyul, Mexico · 3210 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 4.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3202 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  23. 4.871 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3201 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  24. 4.05 km W of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3198 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 4.14 km WNW of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3196 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  26. 4.635 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3194 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  27. 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3193 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 4.484 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3192 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 4.64 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3255 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.38 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3255 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.184 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3256 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.5111 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.9101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3258 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.25 km SW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3258 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.31 km WSW of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3259 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.04 km SSW of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3259 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.029 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3262 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.695 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3263 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 5.094 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  13. 4.1114 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3265 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.16 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3265 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.24 km E of San Blas Atempa, Mexico · 3265 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3268 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.5101 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3269 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 4.293 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3271 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 4.559 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3271 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.325 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3272 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away

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