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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near San Ildefonso Villa Alta in Mexico

Posted by admin on August 2, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.3428S, -96.1359WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from San Ildefonso Villa Alta in Mexico on Saturday. Unique identifier: us6000qxpd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qxpd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 57.424 km, -96.1359° West, 17.3428° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.424 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 17:58:46 / August 2, 2025 @ 5:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:58:46 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tuxtepec (c. 92 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Juan Rodríguez Clara (c. 14 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 13 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Trinidad Zaachila (c. 12 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jalapa, Asunción Nochixtlán, Huautla de Jiménez (min 5000 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 1 km ENE of San Ildefonso Villa Alta, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.1359° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.3428° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.424 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km ENE of San Ildefonso Villa Alta, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-02 17:58:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-02 18:18:31 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 4.8 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 518 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 134 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.33 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 88 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qxpd Id of event.
Event Code 6000qxpd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qxpd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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