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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Santa María Chimalapa in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.8559S, -94.4424WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Santa María Chimalapa in Mexico on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rmds. Id of event: us6000rmds. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:06:12 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114.144 km (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.4424 West, latitude 16.8559 North, depth = 114.144 km. Global time and date of event 09/11/25 / 2025-11-09 07:06:12 / November 9, 2025 @ 7:06 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Raudales Malpaso, San Mateo del Mar, Arriaga (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Jiquipilas (c. 9 900 pop).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km ESE of Santa María Chimalapa, 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 -94.4424° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.8559° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.144 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km ESE of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-09 07:06:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-09 07:30:21 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.283 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000rmds Id of event.
Event Code 6000rmds An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rmds, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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