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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Papanoa in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.2184S, -101.3678WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Papanoa in Mexico on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:51:06 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/25 / 2025-09-06 20:51:06 / September 6, 2025 @ 8:51 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -101.3678° West, 17.2184° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000qugg. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qugg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Súchil, Tecpan de Galeana, San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (c. 8 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from El Súchil (c. 7 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Jeronimito (c. 6 400 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km WSW of Papanoa, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -101.3678° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.2184° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km WSW of Papanoa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-06 20:51:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-05 04:56:26 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 271 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.512 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 210 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 us7000qugg Id of event.
Event Code 7000qugg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qugg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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