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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 43 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico


Earthquake location 14.4351S, -92.6965WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -92.6965° West, 14.4351° North, depth 47.719 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rvyd. Unique identifier: us6000rvyd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/25 / 2025-12-19 09:13:12 / December 19, 2025 @ 9:13 am. The temblor was reported at 09:13:12 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.719 km (30 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Malacatán (c. 14 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cacahoatán (c. 14 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Pablo (c. 13 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Tumbador, Acapeteahua, Coatepeque.

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

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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 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: 43 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.6965° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4351° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.719 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-19 09:13:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-19 13:28:51 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 326 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.914 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us6000rvyd Id of event.
Event Code 6000rvyd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rvyd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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