Mexico earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico on Mon, Feb 26, 2018, 2:56 AM CST (08:56 UTC), 31 km (19 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
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-02-26 08:56:02 UTC
Depth
31.2 km (19.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.794° N, 95.781° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.362 km SE of Crucecita, Mexico · 3130 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.270 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3123 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.155 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.127 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3115 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.41 km SSE of La Noria, Mexico · 3100 days ago · 135 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.015 km SSW of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3098 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 5.557 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3094 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 9
  8. 4.556 km SSE of Crucecita, Mexico · 3093 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.547 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3090 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  10. 4.64 km S of Magdalena Tlacotepec, Mexico · 3087 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  11. 4.240 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3080 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 4.220 km SE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3140 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.662 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3148 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
  3. 5.043 km SSE of El Coyul, Mexico · 3150 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.61 km NW of San Pedro Pochutla, Mexico · 3157 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 41
  5. 4.39 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3162 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.361 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3164 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.449 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3167 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000daql. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.