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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Amatenango de la Frontera in Mexico

Posted by admin on November 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.3705S, -92.0886WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Amatenango de la Frontera in Mexico on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.0886 West, latitude 15.3705 North, depth = 148.223 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 148.223 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000rehl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rehl. The temblor was detected at 20:06:07 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/25 / 2025-11-28 20:06:07 / November 28, 2025 @ 8:06 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Las Margaritas (c. 103 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 115 km (72 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Venustiano Carranza, Sololá, San Antonio Suchitepéquez. Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km SSE of Amatenango de la Frontera, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.0886° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3705° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 148.223 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSE of Amatenango de la Frontera, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-28 20:06:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-28 20:22:23 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 3.831 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 518 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.907 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000rehl Id of event.
Event Code 7000rehl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rehl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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