A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Barra de Tecoanapa in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 13:35:24 / October 17, 2025 @ 1:35 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:35:24 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.8313 West, latitude 16.3541 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhsb. Unique identifier: us6000rhsb.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pinotepa de Don Luis, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, San Marcos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 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 has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SSW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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