Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Mariano Matamoros in Mexico

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Earthquake location 16.5154S, -92.5966W A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mariano Matamoros in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000px7i. Event ids that are associated: us7000px7i. The epicenter was at a depth of 260.278 km (162 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:28:13 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 08:28:13 / May 5, 2025 @ 8:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, -92.5966° West, 16.5154° North, depth 260.278 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pijijiapan, Jiquipilas, Frontera Comalapa. Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Las Margaritas (c. 103 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ocosingo (c. 28 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 3 km NNW of Mariano Matamoros, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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