A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Francisco del Mar Viejo in Mexico. Exact location of event, longitude -94.6726 West, latitude 15.5373 North, depth = 36.153 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:16:19 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 11:16:19 / August 4, 2025 @ 11:16 am. Id of earthquake: us6000qy18. Event ids that are associated: us6000qy18. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.153 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Francisco Ixhuatan (c. 5 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Francisco Ixhuatan, Las Amilpas, Salina Cruz (min 5000 pop). 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 76 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico.
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