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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 18 km ENE of Francisco I. Madero, Mexico


Earthquake location 16.8722S, -93.5997WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Francisco I. Madero in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 17:42:41 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.5997 West, latitude 16.8722 North, depth = 170.151 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 170.151 km (106 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rky8. Event ids that are associated: us6000rky8. Global time and date of event 01/11/25 / 2025-11-01 17:42:41 / November 1, 2025 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paredón, Acala, Santo Domingo Zanatepec (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 18 km ENE of Francisco I. Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.5997° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.8722° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 170.151 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km ENE of Francisco I. 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 2025-11-01 17:42:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-01 19:16:45 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 312 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 114 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.521 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us6000rky8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rky8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rky8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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