A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Santa María Chicometepec in Mexico on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -97.9776° West, 15.9105° North, depth 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:11:40 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qhye. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qhye. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/06/25 / 2025-06-04 19:11:40 / June 4, 2025 @ 7:11 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Catarina Juquila, Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (c. 5 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Pinotepa de Don Luis (c. 5 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Catarina Juquila (c. 5 300 pop).

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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km S of Santa María Chicometepec, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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