Mexico earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 82 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 82 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico on Tue, Mar 6, 2018, 2:41 PM CST (20:41 UTC), 52 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 57 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-03-06 20:41:23 UTC
Depth
52.3 km (32.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.425° N, 94.348° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
255

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0111 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3125 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.2111 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3123 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.270 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3123 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.155 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.0103 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3111 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.2146 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3110 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.463 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3104 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.678 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3097 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.491 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3095 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 5.557 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3094 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 9
  11. 4.578 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3093 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.547 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3090 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  13. 4.390 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3086 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.240 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3080 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.6102 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3078 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  16. 4.091 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3078 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 4.052 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3076 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 3.9115 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3135 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.787 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3139 days ago · 49 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.790 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3143 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.382 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3143 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.266 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.979 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.662 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3148 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ddb6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.