Recent earthquake activity
Earthquakes in Mexico: latest news, today and the last 30 days
Mexico’s Pacific coast rides the Cocos plate subduction zone, while Baja California is cut by the Gulf of California rift. Guerrero and Oaxaca are among the most active regions in the Americas.
Updated 2026-10-21 15:15 UTC
Latest earthquake news in Mexico
The most notable recent events in Mexico, newest first. Each links to its own page with the full record, a map and felt reports. This page is rebuilt every 30 minutes.
- M 4.6 near Chicacao, Guatemala
Felt by 2 people · community intensity II (weak) · depth 109.7 km · 5 km E of San José El Ídolo, Guatemala
- M 5.2 near Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico
depth 10.0 km · 86 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico
- M 3.6 near Carlsbad, United States
Instrumental shaking IV (light) · depth 9.5 km · 18 km NNW of Whites City, New Mexico
Mexico earthquake activity at a glance
What the last 30 days look like in Mexico
101 earthquakes of magnitude 3.5 or above were recorded in the last 7 days, down from 114 the week before. In the last 24 hours: 11.
The largest was M5.2 on October 17, 86 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico, 10.0 km deep.
The most widely felt was not the largest: M3.6, 23 km WSW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, with 32 reports.
23% of these events were deeper than 70 km, inside the descending slab — shaking from that depth arrives weaker but spreads over a wider area.
Map of recent earthquakes in Mexico and the surrounding area
Circle size shows magnitude and color shows depth. Select a marker to highlight its event below.
Every recorded event
455 earthquakes of magnitude 3.5+ recorded in Mexico and the surrounding area in the last 30 days. The newest 60 are shown.
Both the USGS global catalog and the EMSC European-Mediterranean catalog are used here, deduplicated — EMSC records the small local events the global catalog does not. 426 of the events below come from EMSC.
M 3.6 32 km NE of El Arenal, Mexico
M 3.8 38 km NNE of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, Mexico
M 3.9 36 km NNE of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, Mexico
M 3.7 23 km E of Papanoa, Mexico
M 4.1 31 km NNE of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, Mexico
M 4.1 20 km NNE of Corralero, Mexico
M 3.7 4 km WNW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico
M 3.7 8 km NW of Arteaga, Mexico
M 3.5 15 km N of Santa María Guenagati, Mexico
M 3.8 11 km SSE of Francisco I. Madero, Mexico
M 4.0 33 km NNE of La Barra de Colotepec, Mexico
M 4.3 24 km NE of Puerto Escondido, Mexico
M 4.0 OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO
M 3.8 12 km N of San José del Progreso, Mexico
M 3.6 19 km SE of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico
M 3.9 24 km SW of Norias del Refugio, Mexico
M 3.6 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
M 3.6 36 km ENE of Ejido General Leandro Valle, Mexico
M 4.0 12 km NNW of Vicente Guerrero, Mexico
M 3.5 OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
M 4.0 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
M 3.5 34 km NNW of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce), Mexico
M 3.9 20 km ENE of San José del Progreso, Mexico
M 4.6 5 km E of San José El Ídolo, GuatemalaFelt · 2
M 4.2 3 km E of Colonia Luces en el Mar, Mexico
M 3.6 38 km NNE of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce), Mexico
M 3.8 14 km WNW of La Isla, Mexico
M 3.6 19 km NNW of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce), Mexico
M 3.8 9 km N of Niltepec, Mexico
M 3.6 30 km ENE of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
M 3.6 38 km E of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
M 3.7 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
M 3.6 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
M 3.5 6 km S of Santiago Choápam, Mexico
M 3.8 19 km NW of Crucecita, Mexico
M 3.7 17 km W of San Miguel Chimalapa, Mexico
M 4.0 41 km NNE of La Gloria, Mexico
M 4.0 13 km NNE of Santa Rosa de Lima, Mexico
M 4.0 23 km E of El Palmarcito, Mexico
M 3.6 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
M 3.6 OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
M 3.5 42 km ENE of Puerto Madero, Mexico
M 3.6 OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
M 4.1 17 km NNE of Hermanos Cedillo, Mexico
M 4.3 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
M 4.1 OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
M 4.2 OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
M 3.8 25 km NNW of San Andrés Playa Encantada (El Podrido), Mexico
M 3.5 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
M 3.9 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
M 3.8 2 km WNW of Campanario, Mexico
M 3.6 26 km ENE of El Palmarcito, Mexico
M 5.2 86 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico
M 3.8 12 km SSW of San José Acatempa, Guatemala
M 3.5 24 km WNW of Carrizo Springs, Texas
M 3.9 14 km S of Niños Héroes, Mexico
M 3.9 OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
M 4.3 6 km NE of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico
M 4.1 OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
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Frequently asked questions
Was there an earthquake in Mexico today?
Yes — 11 earthquakes of magnitude 3.5 or above were recorded in the last 24 hours. The most recent was M3.7 near Mentone, United States, 2 h ago. The list on this page is rebuilt every 30 minutes, newest first.
How many earthquakes does Mexico get?
455 of magnitude 3.5 or above in the last 30 days, 101 of them in the last 7. Most are too small to feel; that is normal for a seismically active region.
What was the biggest recent earthquake in Mexico?
Magnitude 5.2 on October 17, 2026, 86 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico, at a depth of 10.0 km.
How deep are earthquakes in Mexico?
In the last 30 days they ranged from 1.7 km to 214.2 km deep. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly near the epicentre; deep ones are felt weakly over a wider area.
How can I get earthquake alerts for Mexico?
Install the free SeismoWatch Android app, draw a box over Mexico, set a minimum magnitude, and turn alerts on. Alerts are sent after an event is published, so they are not an early warning.
Where does this data come from?
From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) global catalog and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), deduplicated. Each event links to its own page with the full record.
The strongest earthquakes recorded in Mexico since 1960
The 10 largest events of magnitude 6.0 or above in the Mexico monitoring area, from the USGS catalog. Recent activity is best read against this: a region's ordinary weeks look very different from its worst days.
| Magnitude | Location | Date | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| M 8.2 | 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake | September 8, 2017 | 47.4 km |
| M 8.0 | 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake | October 9, 1995 | 33.0 km |
| M 8.0 | 1985 Michoacan, Mexico Earthquake | September 19, 1985 | 27.9 km |
| M 7.7 | 2 km ESE of San Agustín Loxicha, Mexico | November 29, 1978 | 18.0 km |
| M 7.6 | 35 km SSW of Aguililla, Mexico | September 19, 2022 | 26.9 km |
| M 7.6 | 16 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico | January 22, 2003 | 24.0 km |
| M 7.6 | 12 km SSE of Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Mexico | March 14, 1979 | 49.0 km |
| M 7.6 | 7 km N of Pantla, Mexico | September 21, 1985 | 30.8 km |
| M 7.5 | 15 km W of San Baltazar Loxicha, Mexico | September 30, 1999 | 60.6 km |
| M 7.5 | 35 km SW of Aguililla, Mexico | January 30, 1973 | 43.0 km |
Coverage and data notes
Events are preliminary, so magnitudes and locations may be revised. This page uses a rectangular monitoring area around Mexico, so border areas and nearby offshore zones can include events outside the administrative boundary. Completeness varies: a national network usually records more small earthquakes than the catalogs used here, so treat the counts as a floor rather than a census.
Event data: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), in Venezuela FUNVISIS and in Brazil the RSBR through the Centro de Sismologia da USP. Populated places and time zones: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Preliminary solutions are revised as more observations arrive.