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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Santo Domingo Zanatepec in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.5686S, -94.3073WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Santo Domingo Zanatepec in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -94.3073° West, latitude 16.5686° North, depth = 110.545 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 110.545 km (69 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000recl. Id of event: us6000recl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/25 / 2025-09-30 03:55:59 / September 30, 2025 @ 3:55 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:55:59 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colonia Rincón Viejo, Matías Romero, San Jerónimo Ixtepec. Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 10 km NNE of Santo Domingo Zanatepec, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.3073° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.5686° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.545 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNE of Santo Domingo Zanatepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-30 03:55:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-27 05:40:59 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 284 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.761 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 118 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 us6000recl Id of event.
Event Code 6000recl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000recl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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