M4.1 earthquake 58 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 58 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico on Sat, Aug 4, 2018, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 2 km NE of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-04 07:57:11 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.647° N, 95.051° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2125 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 2976 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.34 km NNE of San Pedro Huilotepec, Mexico · 2960 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 4.52 km NE of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 2952 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.364 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 2934 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.422 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 2923 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h7gf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.