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Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 14:07 | 2 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Just 6 minutes ago, a magnitude-5.5 earthquake struck near Puerto Madero, Tapachula Municipality, Estado de Chiapas, Mexico. The tremor was recorded on the morning of Saturday, October 17th, 2026, at 7:59 am local time, at a shallow depth of 12. km below the surface.
The event was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as light shaking in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Puerto Madero (pop. 9,600), located 128 km from the epicenter.
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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Oct 17, 03:32 am (GMT -6)

4.1

10.2 km77 km (48 mi) to the W North Pacific Ocean, 162 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, Mexico  I felt it InfoOct 16, 09:28 pm (GMT -6)

4.0

2 km15 km (9.6 mi) to the SW Off Coast OF Chiapas, Mexico  I felt it InfoOct 16, 07:03 pm (GMT -6)

4.9

10 km42 km (26 mi) to the W North Pacific Ocean, 142 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, Mexico  I felt it InfoOct 16, 03:28 pm (GMT -6)

4.0?

6.9 km6.2 km (3.9 mi) to the SE North Pacific Ocean, 134 km southwest of Retalhuleu, Guatemala (unconfirmed)  I felt it InfoOct 16, 12:01 pm (GMT -6)

4.0?

10.3 km43 km (27 mi) to the W North Pacific Ocean, 144 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, Mexico (unconfirmed)  I felt it InfoSep 5, 08:56 pm (GMT -6)

5.3

10 km44 km (27 mi) to the W North Pacific Ocean, 138 km southwest of Huixtla, Estado de Chiapas, Mexico 2 reportsInfoSep 2, 06:28 am (GMT -6)

5.6

10 km41 km (25 mi) to the N North Pacific Ocean, 97 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, Mexico 4 reportsInfoAug 17, 11:02 pm (GMT -6)

5.7

10 km38 km (23 mi) to the NW 95 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico 4 reportsInfoAug 16, 09:52 am (GMT -6)

5.2

35 km43 km (27 mi) to the N North Pacific Ocean, 94 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, Mexico 1 reportInfoJul 31, 10:15 am (GMT -6)

5.2

10 km74 km (46 mi) to the NW 85 km SW of El

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Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:20 | 9 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Oct 2026

Summary: 3 quakes 5.0+, 50 quakes 4.0+, 152 quakes 3.0+, 306 quakes 2.0+ (511 total)This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 50 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 152 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 306 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 4.5 x 1013 joules (12.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 10690 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.9 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.7 49 km northwest of Khuzdar, Balochistan, PakistanSaturday, Oct 17, 2026, at 10:06 am (Karachi time) – #2: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, EcuadorFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 01:34 pm (GMT -6) – #3: Mag 5.0 Canterbury, New ZealandSaturday, Oct 17, 2026, at 01:09 am (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 142 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, MexicoFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 07:03 pm (GMT -6) – #5: Mag 4.8 South Pacific Ocean, 186 km northeast of Vanuabalavu Island, Eastern, FijiSaturday, Oct 17, 2026, at 04:19 pm (GMT +12) – #6: Mag 4.8 Penama Province, 247 km north of Port Vila, Shefa Province, VanuatuSaturday, Oct 17, 2026, at 07:59 pm (Efate time) –

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