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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico

Posted by admin on December 3, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.7343S, -93.349WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 12:59:14 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rs7g. Event ids that are associated: us6000rs7g. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -93.349° West, 14.7343° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/25 / 2025-12-03 12:59:14 / December 3, 2025 @ 12:59 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Madero, Acacoyahua, Escuintla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Villa Comaltitlán (c. 7 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Acacoyahua (c. 6 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Acapeteahua (c. 6 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 81 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.349° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.7343° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 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 2025-12-03 12:59:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-03 13:20:11 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.932 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us6000rs7g Id of event.
Event Code 6000rs7g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rs7g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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