M4.0 earthquake 1 km SW of Colonia Progreso, Mexico
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 1 km SW of Colonia Progreso, Mexico on Sun, May 27, 2018, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 13 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-27 09:02:33 UTC
- Depth
- 113.6 km (70.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.793° N, 95.089° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 12.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.213 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3033 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.17 km NE of San Felipe Cihualtepec, Mexico · 3028 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.012 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 2994 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000eqw1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.