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M4.1 earthquake 92 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico
Sunday, February 24, 2013, 08:37:02 UTC · 14.824°N, 93.735°W
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 92 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico on Sunday, February 24, 2013, 08:37:02 UTC, at a depth of 55.8 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 4.1
- Light · md
- Depth
- 56 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
21 tons of TNT
That is about 1/707 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 22 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
75 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Cocos and North American plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
56 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 556 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.726 km SSW of La Gomera, GuatemalaAugust 6, 1942 · 297 km E of this epicenter
- 7.48 km ENE of Santiago Xanica, MexicoMarch 22, 1928 · 292 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.44 km NW of Santa María Zapotitlán, MexicoAugust 23, 1965 · 273 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.433 km S of Champerico, GuatemalaNovember 7, 2012 · 219 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.34 km SSW of Puerto Madero, MexicoDecember 14, 1935 · 140 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 29 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 2,055 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1982M3.5
Chiapas
28 Mar 1982 · 276 km away
1,879 deaths$3 million damage
- 2012M7.3
San Marcos, San Cristobal Cochu
7 Nov 2012 · 219 km away
48 deaths$210 million damagetsunami
- 1991M6.2
Guatemala City, Pachuta, Solola
18 Sep 1991 · 296 km away · intensity VI
25 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1870M7.9
Oaxaca,Zanaguia,San Francisco Ozolotepec
11 May 1870 · 283 km away
24 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1816M7.5
Soloma
22 Jul 1816 · 251 km away · intensity IX
23 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1968M6.1
S Chiapas
25 Sep 1968 · 153 km away
20 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.