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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near San Pedro Mártir Quiechapa in Mexico

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Earthquake location 16.5225S, -96.2275WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from San Pedro Mártir Quiechapa in Mexico on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 57.051 km, -96.2275° West, 16.5225° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/25 / 2025-05-20 08:36:31 / May 20, 2025 @ 8:36 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:36:31 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000q0ah. Event ids that are associated: us7000q0ah. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.051 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, San Pedro Pochutla. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 12 km N of San Pedro Mártir Quiechapa, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.2275° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.5225° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.051 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km N of San Pedro Mártir Quiechapa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-20 08:36:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-20 09:53:29 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 284 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.465 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 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 us7000q0ah Id of event.
Event Code 7000q0ah An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q0ah, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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