Mexico earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 62 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 62 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico on Thu, Feb 15, 2018, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 57 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2018-02-16 01:54:42 UTC
Depth
39.1 km (24.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.633° N, 95.018° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 285°, dip 35°, rake 57°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 143°, dip 62°, rake 111°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
119°
Stations used
135

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.979 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.266 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.382 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3143 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.220 km SE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3140 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.787 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico · 3139 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.013 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico · 3138 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.9115 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3136 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.362 km SE of Crucecita, Mexico · 3130 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.882 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3130 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.270 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3123 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 4.155 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 4.127 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3115 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.463 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3104 days ago · 36 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 4.41 km SSE of La Noria, Mexico · 3100 days ago · 135 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.015 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3098 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 4.491 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3095 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 5.557 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3094 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 9
  18. 4.547 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3090 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 5.043 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico · 3150 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.39 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3162 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.0109 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3162 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.361 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3165 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.449 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3167 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.3100 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3170 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.241 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3174 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.181 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.085 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3174 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.099 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3175 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.195 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3175 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.2101 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3176 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d30g. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.