Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near La Reforma in Mexico

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Earthquake location 16.6241S, -97.8613W A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from La Reforma in Mexico on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.911 km (25 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qji4. Id of event: us6000qji4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:10:15 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.8613° West, latitude 16.6241° North, depth = 40.911 km. Global time and date of event 11/06/25 / 2025-06-11 07:10:15 / June 11, 2025 @ 7:10 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Luis Acatlán, Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Santa Catarina Juquila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 1 km W of La Reforma, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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