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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Puerto Ángel in Mexico

Posted by admin on August 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.1616S, -96.4404WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Puerto Ángel in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.4404 West, latitude 15.1616 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 05:21:57 / August 28, 2025 @ 5:21 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:21:57 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000qrhk. Event ids that are associated: us7000qrhk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa María Huatulco, Crucecita, San Pedro Pochutla. Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa María Huatulco (c. 5 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km S of Puerto Ángel, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.4404° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.1616° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km S of Puerto Ángel, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-28 05:21:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-28 05:40:11 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 259 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.141 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us7000qrhk Id of event.
Event Code 7000qrhk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qrhk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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