M4.1 earthquake 14 km WSW of Buenos Aires, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Buenos Aires, Mexico on Fri, Feb 9, 2018, 7:31 PM CST (01:31 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 1 km SSE of Cantón Villaflor, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-10 01:31:40 UTC
- Depth
- 46.1 km (28.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.825° N, 92.594° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 13.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.01 km SSE of Cantón Villaflor, Mexico · 3154 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
- 4.58 km ENE of Hermenegildo Galeana, Mexico · 3152 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.35 km ESE of Nuevo Progreso, Guatemala · 3125 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
- 4.68 km W of Cuilco, Guatemala · 3117 days ago · 209 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.580 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3110 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.594 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3109 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.718 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3104 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.254 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3159 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.288 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3160 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.213 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3174 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.081 km WSW of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico · 3177 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d01n. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.