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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico

Posted by admin on November 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.6323S, -93.4552WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 95 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico (59 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 41.496 km, -93.4552° West, 14.6323° North. The temblor was reported at 22:40:17 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rlaj. Event ids that are associated: us6000rlaj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/25 / 2025-10-24 22:40:17 / October 24, 2025 @ 10:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.496 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 95 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.4552° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.6323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.496 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-24 22:40:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-17 23:52:14 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 271 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 2.075 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us6000rlaj Id of event.
Event Code 6000rlaj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rlaj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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