M5.0 earthquake 1 km SSE of Cantón Villaflor, Mexico
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Cantón Villaflor, Mexico on Sat, Feb 10, 2018, 5:04 AM CST (11:04 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-10 11:04:13 UTC
- Depth
- 95.0 km (59.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.106° N, 92.347° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 26°, dip 11°, rake 169°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 127°, dip 88°, rake 79°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 439
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.58 km ENE of Hermenegildo Galeana, Mexico · 3153 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.35 km ESE of Nuevo Progreso, Guatemala · 3125 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
- 4.68 km W of Cuilco, Guatemala · 3118 days ago · 209 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.718 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3104 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d07k (also filed as iscgem611685432). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC.