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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Lázaro Cárdenas in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.6056S, -93.7712WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Lázaro Cárdenas in Mexico on Monday. Global time and date of event 02/06/25 / 2025-06-02 23:54:29 / June 2, 2025 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 137.925 km (86 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:54:29 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -93.7712° West, 16.6056° North, depth 137.925 km. Id of earthquake: us6000qhix. Event ids that are associated: us6000qhix.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Amilpas, San Pedro Buenavista, Chiapa de Corzo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop).

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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km E of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.7712° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.6056° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.925 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km E of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-02 23:54:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-03 01:28:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 326 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.937 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us6000qhix Id of event.
Event Code 6000qhix An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qhix, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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