Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near San Mateo del Mar in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico. Exact location of event, longitude -94.8018 West, latitude 15.5107 North, depth = 38.211 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/25 / 2025-06-16 21:38:26 / June 16, 2025 @ 9:38 pm. 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 38.211 km (24 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qkq2. Id of event: us6000qkq2. The temblor was reported at 21:38:26 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Francisco Ixhuatan, Las Amilpas, Salina Cruz (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from San Francisco Ixhuatan (c. 5 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 79 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.8018° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.5107° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	38.211 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	79 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-16 21:38:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-16 21:56:27	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	340	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	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.676	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	178	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	us6000qkq2	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qkq2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qkq2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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