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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Jericó in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.3142S, -92.974WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Jericó in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 196.351 km, -92.974° West, 16.3142° North. The temblor was detected at 18:21:22 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qsva. Unique identifier: us7000qsva. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 18:21:22 / August 31, 2025 @ 6:21 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 196.351 km (122 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pueblo Nuevo Jolistahuacan, Pantelhó, Pantelhó. The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 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 one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 3 km NNW of Jericó, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.974° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.3142° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 196.351 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km NNW of Jericó, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-31 18:21:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-16 13:09:06 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 298 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.805 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 99 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 us7000qsva Id of event.
Event Code 7000qsva An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qsva, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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