M4.2 earthquake 20 km SE of Salina Cruz, Mexico

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sat, Feb 24, 2018, 9:11 AM CST

UTC

2018-02-24 15:11:47 UTC

Depth

69.3 km (43.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

16.029° N, 95.083° W

Region

Mexico

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.8 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.13

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

133°

Stations used

61

• Salina Cruz, MexicoPopulation 84,438. Forecast20 kmSE
• Oaxaca, MexicoPopulation 255,029. Forecast209 kmESE
• Puebla, MexicoPopulation 1,692,181. Forecast472 kmSE

After

1. 4.787 km SSW of La Gloria, MexicoSun, Feb 25, 6:51 AM CST · 3141 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
2. 4.013 km SSE of El Coyul, MexicoMon, Feb 26, 2:56 AM CST · 3141 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
3. 4.270 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Mar 13, 10:25 AM CST · 3125 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
4. 4.155 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoSat, Mar 17, 8:31 PM CST · 3121 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
5. 4.22 km W of Niltepec, MexicoSun, Mar 18, 1:47 AM CST · 3121 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.52 km SSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, MexicoSun, Mar 18, 3:22 AM CST · 3121 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
7. 4.127 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoTue, Mar 20, 4:56 PM CST · 3118 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
8. 4.463 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Apr 1, 11:43 AM CDT · 3106 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
9. 4.41 km SSE of La Noria, MexicoThu, Apr 5, 9:56 AM CDT · 3102 days ago · 135 km deep · 28 km away
10. 4.02 km NE of Santo Domingo Chihuitán, MexicoFri, Apr 6, 3:09 PM CDT · 3101 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
11. 4.015 km SSW of Salina Cruz, MexicoFri, Apr 6, 8:32 PM CDT · 3101 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
12. 4.491 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoTue, Apr 10, 10:29 AM CDT · 3097 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
13. 5.557 km SSE of Salina Cruz, MexicoWed, Apr 11, 2:30 AM CDT · 3097 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 9
14. 4.547 km SSE of Salina Cruz, MexicoSat, Apr 14, 9:13 PM CDT · 3093 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
15. 4.64 km S of Magdalena Tlacotepec, MexicoWed, Apr 18, 6:59 AM CDT · 3090 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
16. 4.390 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoWed, Apr 18, 4:43 PM CDT · 3089 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.240 km S of Colonia Juárez, MexicoWed, Apr 25, 6:53 AM CDT · 3083 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away

Before

1. 4.266 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Feb 20, 4:04 AM CST · 3147 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
2. 4.979 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Feb 20, 12:28 AM CST · 3147 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
3. 4.662 km SE of El Carrizal, MexicoThu, Feb 15, 7:54 PM CST · 3151 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
4. 5.043 km SSE of El Coyul, MexicoWed, Feb 14, 2:35 AM CST · 3153 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
5. 4.39 km SSE of Huazantlán del Río, MexicoThu, Feb 1, 9:58 PM CST · 3165 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
6. 4.0109 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, MexicoThu, Feb 1, 7:56 PM CST · 3165 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
7. 4.361 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoTue, Jan 30, 2:50 PM CST · 3167 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
8. 4.210 km N of Las Amilpas, MexicoTue, Jan 30, 7:18 AM CST · 3167 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.449 km S of San Mateo del Mar, MexicoSun, Jan 28, 11:05 AM CST · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d7e7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.