M4.4 earthquake 14 km SSE of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:43 AM CST (08:43 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 2 km SSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-18 08:43:55 UTC
- Depth
- 111.9 km (69.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.983° N, 94.832° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 117
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.210 km N of Las Amilpas, Mexico · 3165 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.39 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3162 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.22 km W of Niltepec, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 97 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.52 km SSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.14 km WNW of Rincón Moreno, Mexico · 3195 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.06 km NNW of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, Mexico · 3196 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.05 km W of Santa María Mixtequilla, Mexico · 3197 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.48 km WSW of Donaji, Mexico · 3200 days ago · 84 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ckpj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC.