M4.3 earthquake 62 km SE of Crucecita, Mexico
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 62 km SE of Crucecita, Mexico on Tue, Mar 6, 2018, 12:48 AM CST (06:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 57 km SSE 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-06 06:48:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.338° N, 95.765° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.270 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3123 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.155 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.127 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3115 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.015 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3098 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.557 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3094 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 9
- 4.556 km SSE of Crucecita, Mexico · 3093 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.547 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3090 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 4.240 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3080 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.052 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3076 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.013 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico · 3138 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.662 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3148 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
- 5.043 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico · 3150 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.61 km NW of San Pedro Pochutla, Mexico · 3157 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 41
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dcs1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.