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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Helio García Alfaro in Mexico

Posted by admin on November 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.4573S, -94.1135WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Helio García Alfaro in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 176.349 km (110 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:13:13 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rlv7. Event ids that are associated: us6000rlv7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -94.1135° West, 17.4573° North, depth 176.349 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/11/25 / 2025-11-06 12:13:13 / November 6, 2025 @ 12:13 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soconusco, Cárdenas, Oluta (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Cárdenas (c. 85 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Huimanguillo (c. 26 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km NE of Helio García Alfaro, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.1135° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.4573° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 176.349 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km NE of Helio García Alfaro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-06 12:13:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-06 12:55:08 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 340 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.225 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us6000rlv7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rlv7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rlv7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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