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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Zapotiltic in Mexico


Earthquake location 19.6218S, -103.3656WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Zapotiltic in Mexico. The temblor was detected at 05:52:34 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q6du. Id of event: us6000q6du. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 05:52:34 / April 16, 2025 @ 5:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -103.3656° West, latitude 19.6218° North, depth = 35 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bellavista, Villa Corona, Buena Vista Tomatlán (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Colima (c. 127 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez (c. 117 600 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Ciudad Guzmán (c. 101 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sahuayo de Morelos (c. 58 500 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Tuxpan (c. 32 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Jiquílpan de Juárez (c. 25 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km E of Zapotiltic, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.3656° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6218° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km E of Zapotiltic, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-16 05:52:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-16 07:20:51 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 298 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.016 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us6000q6du Id of event.
Event Code 6000q6du An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q6du, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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