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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Puerto Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.38S, -92.9028WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.494 km (31 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qwij. Id of event: us7000qwij. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 50.494 km, -92.9028° West, 14.38° North. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:11:25 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/25 / 2025-09-16 16:11:25 / September 16, 2025 @ 4:11 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acapeteahua, Pajapita, Tuxtla Chico. Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Pajapita (c. 8 200 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.9028° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.38° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.494 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-16 16:11:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-16 16:29:56 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 369 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 168 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.03 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qwij Id of event.
Event Code 7000qwij An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qwij, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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