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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near San Agustín Loxicha in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.0329S, -96.5354WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Agustín Loxicha in Mexico on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 20:39:04 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -96.5354° West, 16.0329° North, depth 35 km. Unique identifier: us7000qvc9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qvc9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/25 / 2025-09-10 20:39:04 / September 10, 2025 @ 8:39 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, San Pablo Huixtepec, San Dionisio Ocotepec (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Pablo Huixtepec (c. 8 800 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 four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 8 km ENE of San Agustín Loxicha, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.5354° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.0329° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km ENE of San Agustín Loxicha, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-10 20:39:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-17 15:53:11 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 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 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.469 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 217 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 us7000qvc9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qvc9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qvc9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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