Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Copala in Mexico

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Copala in Mexico. Id of earthquake: us7000pxhq. Event ids that are associated: us7000pxhq. The temblor was reported at 08:06:46 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -98.9816° West, latitude 16.5096° North, depth = 20.904 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.904 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/25 / 2025-04-22 08:06:46 / April 22, 2025 @ 8:06 am.

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malinaltepec, Ometepec, Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km S of Copala, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.9816° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.5096° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.904 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km S of Copala, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-22 08:06:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-13 11:02:43	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	53	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.793	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	189	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pxhq	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pxhq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pxhq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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