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Time2025-08-16 10:47:02 UTC2025-08-16 10:47:02 UTC at epicenterLocation0.570°S 78.331°WDepth10.00 km (6.21 mi)
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Background:
Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America’s 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano.
At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano. The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian
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Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 11:04 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 occurred early morning on Saturday, August 16th, 2025, at 5:47 am local time near Quito, Provincia de Pichincha, Ecuador, as reported by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10. km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the Institute of Geophysics of the National Polytechnic School in Quito (IGEPN) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.1. Other agencies reporting the same quake include The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) at magnitude 4.2, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.8.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Sangolqui (pop. 5,100) located 27 km from the epicenter, Machachi (pop. 25,700) 34 km away, Quito (pop. 2,781,600) 41 km away, Pomasqui (pop. 28,700) 53 km away, Cayambe (pop.
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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jul 19, 02:02 pm (GMT -6)
4.0
4.7 km28 km (18 mi) to the N North Pacific Ocean, 71 km west of Cihuatlan, Estado de Jalisco, Mexico InfoMay 19, 03:54 am (GMT -6)
4.1
5 km24 km (15 mi) to the N North Pacific Ocean, 74 km west of Cihuatlan, Estado de Jalisco, Mexico InfoMay 17, 11:10 pm (Mexico City)
4.2
3.1 km53 km (33 mi) to the N North Pacific Ocean, 74 km west of Manzanillo, Estado de Colima, Mexico 2 reportsInfoMar 9, 10:26 am (Mexico City)
4.1
10.8 km58 km (36 mi) to the NE North Pacific Ocean, 27 km west of Cihuatlan, Estado de Jalisco, Mexico 20 reportsInfoFeb 21, 10:56 pm (GMT -7)
4.2
17 km90 km (56 mi) to the SE Offshore Colima, Mexico InfoApr 21, 2024 12:05 pm (GMT -7)
5.5
16 km96 km (59 mi) to the SW North Pacific Ocean, 187 km southwest of Manzanillo, Estado de Colima, Mexico 2 reportsInfoSep 8, 2023 10:37 am (Mexico City)
5.8
4.1 km53 km (33 mi) to the N Mexico: 64 Km Al OESTE De CIHUATLAN, JAL 95 reportsInfoSep 8, 2023 08:53 am (GMT -7)
5.7
11 km52 km (32 mi) to the NW Mexico: 89 Km Al OESTE De CIHUATLAN, JAL 127 reportsInfoSep 19, 2022 01:05 pm (Mexico City)
7.7
15 km206 km (128 mi) to the E North Pacific Ocean, Estado de Michoacan de Ocampo, 99 km southeast of Tecoman, Mexico 1272 reportsInfoJun 29, 2018 09:56 pm (Mexico City)
5.8
10 km51 km (32 mi) to the N North Pacific Ocean, 29 km west of San Patricio, Estado de Jalisco, Mexico 70 reportsInfoFeb
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