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Mexico and U.S. Register Dozens of Minor Quakes on January 12

The events reflect the region's normal tectonic activity on the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Overview

  • In the early hours of January 12, SSN reported a magnitude 4.1 quake southwest of Tonalá, Chiapas at 3:11 a.m. and a magnitude 3.1 near Pichucalco at 12:38 a.m., with no alert triggered in Mexico City.
  • USGS logged 29 earthquakes over the past 24 hours across the United States and its territories, with the strongest a magnitude 4.3 in Alaska’s Rat Islands.
  • SSN’s latest listings for January 11–12 show continued clustering of small events along Mexico’s Pacific states, including Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas, Michoacán, Jalisco, Colima and Baja California.
  • Monitoring agencies stress real-time public feeds—SSN’s “últimos sismos” and the USGS Latest Earthquakes map—and reiterate that exact earthquake prediction is not scientifically possible.
  • Preparedness guidance from civil-protection authorities remains in effect, and SASMEX activates only for stronger events based on distance–magnitude thresholds.