M4.7 earthquake 87 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 87 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico on Sun, Feb 25, 2018, 6:51 AM CST (12:51 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 57 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-25 12:51:38 UTC
- Depth
- 49.1 km (30.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.436° N, 94.458° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 174
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9115 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3135 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.882 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3129 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0111 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3125 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2111 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3123 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.270 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3123 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.155 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.127 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3115 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0103 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3111 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2146 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico · 3110 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.463 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3104 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.678 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3097 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.491 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3095 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.557 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3094 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
- 4.578 km SSW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3093 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.547 km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3090 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 4.390 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3086 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.240 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3080 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.220 km SE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3140 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.790 km SW of Doctor Belisario Domínguez (La Barra), Mexico · 3143 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.382 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico · 3143 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.266 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.979 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 4.662 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3148 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 4.0109 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico · 3162 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.361 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3164 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3115 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico · 3165 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.449 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3167 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d7nh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:57 AM UTC.