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Multiple Small Quakes Recorded Along Mexico’s Pacific Coast

Officials say the events pose no immediate danger and will be monitored as the national alert system is set to sound at 12:00 on Saturday for the Second National Simulacro

Overview

  • The Servicio Sismológico Nacional logged several earthquakes under magnitude 4.0 between Thursday, September 17 and Friday, September 18 across southern and western Mexico.
  • Reported epicenters include sites off Tonalá, Ciudad Hidalgo, San Marcos, Pijijiapan and Cihuatlán with individual magnitudes from 3.6 to 3.9 according to SSN bulletins.
  • Local Protección Civil teams carried out preventive checks and reported no confirmed damage or injuries after the low‑magnitude events.
  • Media reports show small, unresolved differences in the time, distance and depth published for a 3.9 quake near San Felipe, Baja California, with SSN bulletins remaining the authoritative source.
  • The Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil will activate the national alert at 12:00 on Saturday during the Second National Simulacro to test institutional and public response and authorities urge citizens to use the exercise to practice evacuation protocols.