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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near San Francisco del Mar Viejo in Mexico

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from San Francisco del Mar Viejo in Mexico. Exact location of event, depth 58.933 km, -94.4086° West, 15.9946° North. Global time and date of event 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 10:08:21 / May 17, 2025 @ 10:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.933 km (37 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:08:21 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000pztr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pztr.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asunción Ixtaltepec, Salina Cruz, El Espinal. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop).

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

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km SE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.4086° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.9946° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	58.933 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35 km SE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-17 10:08:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-17 12:41:16	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.1	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	212	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	us7000pztr	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pztr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pztr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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