A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Santa María Chimalapa in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 17:01:48 / August 20, 2025 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114.995 km (71 miles). Unique identifier: us7000qura. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qura. Exact location of event, depth 114.995 km, -94.7086° West, 16.9934° North. The temblor was picked up at 17:01:48 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Colonia Rincón Viejo (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro Tapanatepec, San Francisco Ixhuatan, Las Amilpas. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km NNW of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico.

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