Mexico earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 6 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 6 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico on Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC), 51 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 36 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-23 04:55:08 UTC
Depth
50.6 km (31.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.315° N, 95.162° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.636 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3265 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.029 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3263 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.04 km SSW of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3261 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 4.31 km WSW of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3260 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.25 km SW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3260 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.38 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.64 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3257 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.260 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3253 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.33 km NW of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, Mexico · 3250 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.313 km NNE of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico · 3246 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 4.145 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3242 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.836 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3240 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.147 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3238 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.25 km NNE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3235 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 4.530 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3231 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.37 km W of Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico · 3229 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.279 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3227 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 4.515 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3217 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 4.51 km E of Santiago Laollaga, Mexico · 3211 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 4.24 km E of San Blas Atempa, Mexico · 3267 days ago · 53 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.241 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3269 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.559 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3273 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.325 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3274 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.353 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.98 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 5.512 km E of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3276 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 34
  8. 4.567 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.26 km W of Santa Rosa, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 4.15 km E of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3277 days ago · 45 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.11 km WNW of San Pedro Comitancillo, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.277 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3279 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.362 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3279 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 4.22 km ENE of Colonia Jordán, Mexico · 3280 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.15 km WNW of Santa María Xadani, Mexico · 3281 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.19 km NNW of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, Mexico · 3282 days ago · 101 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 4.32 km NE of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 4.33 km SW of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3283 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 4.16 km SW of El Espinal, Mexico · 3284 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.158 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3285 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away

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