M4.2 earthquake 41 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico

Magnitude

4.2 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 3:00 AM CST

UTC

2018-01-21 09:00:48 UTC

Depth

29.4 km (18.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

15.836° N, 94.999° W

Region

Mexico

Felt reports

1

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.7 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

172°

Stations used

72

• Salina Cruz, MexicoPopulation 84,438. Forecast43 kmSSE
• Tuxtla, MexicoPopulation 604,147. Forecast225 kmWSW
• Puebla, MexicoPopulation 1,692,181. Forecast493 kmSE

After

1. 4.3100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Jan 25, 5:32 AM CST · 3170 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
2. 4.449 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Jan 28, 11:05 AM CST · 3166 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.210 km N of Las Amilpas, MexicoTue, Jan 30, 7:18 AM CST · 3165 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
4. 4.361 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Jan 30, 2:50 PM CST · 3164 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
5. 4.0109 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Feb 1, 7:56 PM CST · 3162 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
6. 4.39 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, MexicoThu, Feb 1, 9:58 PM CST · 3162 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
7. 5.043 km SSE of El Coyul, MexicoWed, Feb 14, 2:35 AM CST · 3150 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
8. 4.662 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoThu, Feb 15, 7:54 PM CST · 3148 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 7
9. 4.979 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Feb 20, 12:28 AM CST · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
10. 4.266 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Feb 20, 4:04 AM CST · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
11. 4.220 km SE of Salina Cruz, MexicoSat, Feb 24, 9:11 AM CST · 3140 days ago · 69 km deep · 23 km away
12. 4.787 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoSun, Feb 25, 6:51 AM CST · 3139 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
13. 4.013 km SSE of El Coyul, MexicoMon, Feb 26, 2:56 AM CST · 3138 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
14. 3.9115 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoWed, Feb 28, 3:48 PM CST · 3135 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
15. 4.362 km SE of Crucecita, MexicoTue, Mar 6, 12:48 AM CST · 3130 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
16. 4.882 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, MexicoTue, Mar 6, 2:41 PM CST · 3129 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.270 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Mar 13, 10:25 AM CST · 3123 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
18. 4.155 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoSat, Mar 17, 8:31 PM CST · 3118 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
19. 4.22 km W of Niltepec, MexicoSun, Mar 18, 1:47 AM CST · 3118 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
20. 4.52 km SSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, MexicoSun, Mar 18, 3:22 AM CST · 3118 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
21. 4.127 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoTue, Mar 20, 4:56 PM CST · 3115 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away

Before

1. 4.181 km SSE of El Carrizal, MexicoSun, Jan 21, 1:30 AM CST · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
2. 4.085 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Jan 20, 10:30 PM CST · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
3. 4.099 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSat, Jan 20, 3:49 PM CST · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
4. 4.195 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoSat, Jan 20, 12:12 PM CST · 3174 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
5. 4.2101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoFri, Jan 19, 12:09 AM CST · 3176 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
6. 4.484 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Jan 4, 10:09 AM CST · 3191 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
7. 4.3101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Jan 2, 8:29 PM CST · 3192 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
8. 4.635 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Jan 2, 3:48 AM CST · 3193 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
9. 4.14 km WNW of Rincón Moreno, MexicoSun, Dec 31, 5:42 AM CST · 3195 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.06 km NNW of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, MexicoFri, Dec 29, 11:20 PM CST · 3196 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
11. 4.05 km W of Santa María Mixtequilla, MexicoFri, Dec 29, 3:49 AM CST · 3197 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
12. 4.871 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Dec 26, 3:13 AM CST · 3200 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.049 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoMon, Dec 25, 12:21 AM CST · 3201 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cm35. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:14 AM UTC.