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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Cabeza de Toro in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.7483S, -93.9806WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Cabeza de Toro in Mexico. 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 56.967 km (35 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000qr7f. Event ids that are associated: us7000qr7f. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:46:47 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/08/25 / 2025-08-26 22:46:47 / August 26, 2025 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -93.9806 West, latitude 15.7483 North, depth = 56.967 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Zanatepec, Villa Corzo, San Francisco Ixhuatan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.9806° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7483° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.967 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-26 22:46:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-26 22:59:20 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 284 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.622 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 200 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 us7000qr7f Id of event.
Event Code 7000qr7f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qr7f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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