Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near San Miguel Achiutla in Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from San Miguel Achiutla in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.628 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -97.4712 West, latitude 17.2818 North, depth = 63.628 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 03:19:27 / March 15, 2025 @ 3:19 am. Event id: us6000pyyq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pyyq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:19:27 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ciudad de Huajuapam de León (c. 47 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from San Gabriel Casa Blanca (c. 14 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ejutla de Crespo, Tlacolula de Matamoros, Pinotepa de Don Luis. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 3 km SSE of San Miguel Achiutla, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-97.4712° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.2818° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	63.628 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SSE of San Miguel Achiutla, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-15 03:19:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-15 03:38:23	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		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	465	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	110	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.082	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	87	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	us6000pyyq	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pyyq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pyyq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-97.4712° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.2818° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

63.628 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

3 km SSE of San Miguel Achiutla, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-03-15 03:19:27

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-03-15 03:38:23

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

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

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

465

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

110

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.082

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.22 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us6000pyyq

Id of event.

Event Code

6000pyyq

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000pyyq,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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