M4.2 earthquake 10 km N of Las Amilpas, Mexico
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 10 km N of Las Amilpas, Mexico on Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 7:18 AM CST (13:18 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 2 km SSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
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Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-30 13:18:36 UTC
- Depth
- 90.7 km (56.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.459° N, 94.624° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.361 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3164 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.39 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, Mexico · 3162 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.266 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3144 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Salina Cruz, Mexico · 3140 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.155 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.22 km W of Niltepec, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.52 km SSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico · 3118 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.127 km SE of El Carrizal, Mexico · 3115 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.449 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3167 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.241 km S of Colonia Juárez, Mexico · 3174 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.414 km SSE of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico · 3177 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.635 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico · 3193 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ch6d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.