Mexico earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 43 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 43 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico on Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC), 16 km (10 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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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time: Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 2:35 AM CST
UTC: 2018-02-14 08:35:32 UTC
Depth: 16.1 km (10.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.539° N, 95.695° W
Region: Mexico
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.1 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 132°
Stations used: 147

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d1wu (also filed as iscgem611687042). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.