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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 20 km SSW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico

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Earthquake location 16.3541S, -98.8313WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Barra de Tecoanapa in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 13:35:24 / October 17, 2025 @ 1:35 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:35:24 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.8313 West, latitude 16.3541 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhsb. Unique identifier: us6000rhsb.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pinotepa de Don Luis, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, San Marcos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop).

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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SSW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.8313° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.3541° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SSW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-17 13:35:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-11 12:21:07 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 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.677 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us6000rhsb Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhsb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhsb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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