M 4.3 earthquake – 78 km SSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico
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Local time: Aug 14, 2026 · 21:50 (UTC-6)
LightShallow · 35 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.3body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 35 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 15.154, -93.88093 km from Pijijiapan
- Energy released
- 43 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 284USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 14, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 43 tons of TNT, 11 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mexico.
- 8.2 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake Sep 8, 2017
- 7.8 Central Chiapas, Mexico Sep 23, 1902
- 7.6 5 km SSW of San Miguel Suchixtepec, Mexico Jan 15, 1931
- 7.5 Near Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Apr 19, 1902
- 7.4 8 km ENE of Santiago Xanica, Mexico Mar 22, 1928
- 7.4 9 km SE of Santa María Xadani, Mexico Jun 23, 2020
- 7.4 33 km S of Champerico, Guatemala Nov 7, 2012
- 7.4 4 km NW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico Aug 23, 1965