Mexico earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 7 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 7 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico on Tue, Sep 26, 2017, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 12 km E of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-09-26 18:53:43 UTC
Depth
64.6 km (40.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.383° N, 95.095° W
Region
Mexico
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.5 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
108

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.32 km SSW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.08 km SSE of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.33 km ENE of Paso Real de Sarabia, Mexico · 3289 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.466 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.432 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3288 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.812 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3287 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.265 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3286 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.210 km ENE of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3285 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.08 km SSE of Santa María Ecatepec, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.448 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.33 km ENE of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.258 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.13 km W of Palomares, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.158 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.16 km SW of El Espinal, Mexico · 3281 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.33 km SW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3280 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 4.32 km NE of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3280 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 4.19 km NNW of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, Mexico · 3280 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 4.15 km WNW of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 4.22 km ENE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  21. 4.362 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 4.277 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 4.11 km WNW of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 4.15 km E of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  25. 4.26 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 4.567 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 5.512 km E of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 56 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 34
  28. 3.98 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 4.353 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3272 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 4.325 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3271 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 4.559 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3270 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3267 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  33. 4.24 km E of San Blas Atempa, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 53 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 4.16 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3264 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3262 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 4.029 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3260 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 4.04 km SSW of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3258 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 4.31 km WSW of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 4.25 km SW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  40. 4.38 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 4.64 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3254 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3251 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 4.33 km NW of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3247 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 4.313 km NNE of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico · 3243 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 4.145 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3239 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3238 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3235 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 4.25 km NNE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3232 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 4.32 km E of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 78 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.48 km SSE of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.22 km NW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.376 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.244 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3292 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.28 km N of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 4.53 km NNW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.375 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.03 km NE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.07 km SW of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.20 km W of San Pedro Huilotepec, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 76 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 4.51 km NNE of Ixtepec, Mexico · 3293 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 4.14 km SSW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 4.40 km NE of Ixtepec, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.44 km WSW of Unión Hidalgo, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 4.21 km SSW of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 4.19 km SW of Niltepec, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 4.27 km S of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 4.96 km N of La Ventosa, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  20. 4.13 km NNE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3294 days ago · 54 km deep · 10 km away

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