A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -92.8397° West, 14.3353° North, depth 52.516 km. The temblor was detected at 16:47:33 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.516 km (33 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 16:47:33 / August 23, 2025 @ 4:47 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r3cs. Unique identifier: us6000r3cs.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Huehuetán (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Huehuetán, Tapachula, Ciudad Tecún Umán (min 5000 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 eight and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 62 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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