Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 118 km southwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, on Friday, 12 April 2019 at 13:31 (GMT)
Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 15 km depth
12 Apr 14:01 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 30 minutes.
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 15.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 14.38°N / 93.21°W
(Mexico)Nearest volcano: Tacana (145 km / 90 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
87 km (54 mi) SW of San José el Hueyate (Barra de San José) (pop: 756)
93 km (58 mi) WSW of Puerto Madero (Tapachula) (pop: 9,560)
97 km (60 mi) SW of Aquiles Serdan (pop: 1,140)
98 km (61 mi) SW of Mazatan (Mazatán) (pop: 6,840)
116 km (72 mi) SW of Huixtla (pop: 32,000)
118 km (73 mi) WSW of Tapachula (pop: 202,700)
292 km (181 mi) W of Guatemala City (Guatemala) (pop: 994,900)
844 km (524 mi) SE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200)
Primary data source: EMSC
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.0 | 15 km | Offshore Chiapas, Mexico | EMSC |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it be the first to report it!
Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake 118 km southwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, 12 April 13:31 UTC
More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):- 13 May 2019 19:43 UTC| M 3.9 |8 km (5 mi) depth|17 km (11 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 118 km southwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, on Friday, 12 April 2019 at 13:31 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
More on VolcanoDiscovery
Earthquake monitor: Lists and maps of earthquakes in the world in near real time. Country lists, earthquake archive, and I-felt-it reports.
Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i: Kilauea is the most active volcano on earth, in constant eruption since 1983!
Become a supporter: To continue to run this website full of free information about earthquakes and volcanoes to you, we also need to pay our developer, servers and in addition, we spend lots of our free time on it. If you enjoy it, we will greatly appreciate your support. If you like, you can send us a small donation.
