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Two magnitude 4.1 earthquakes recorded off Chiapas
Mexico’s National Seismological Service recorded two magnitude 4.1 earthquakes off the coast of Chiapas on Nov.
9.
One struck 109 kilometres southwest of Huixtla at a depth of 10 kilometres, and the other was 127 kilometres southwest of Pijijiapan, also at 10 kilometres deep.
Neither earthquake triggered seismic alerts.
Mexico has regular seismic activity, and the service monitors earthquakes across the country, including their locations and magnitudes.
In the week from Nov.
2 to 8, it recorded 749 earthquakes nationwide.
The strongest in that week was magnitude 4.6, near Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California.
The available information does not report damage from the two Chiapas earthquakes.
Two magnitude 4.1 earthquakes were recorded off the coast of Chiapas on November 9, according to Mexico’s National Seismological Service.
The first struck at 12:47 p.m. local time, 109 kilometres southwest of Huixtla.
The second was recorded at 1:20 p.m., 127 kilometres southwest of Pijijiapan.
Both earthquakes had a reported depth of 10 kilometres.
Neither event prompted activation of the seismic alert system.
- Who
- Mexico’s National Seismological Service reported the earthquakes.
- What
- Two earthquakes, each with a magnitude of 4.1, were recorded.
- When
- November 9, 2026, at 12:47 p.m. and 1:20 p.m.
- Where
- Offshore southwest of Huixtla and Pijijiapan in Chiapas, Mexico.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was recorded 109 kilometres southwest of Huixtla at a depth of 10 kilometres.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was recorded 127 kilometres southwest of Pijijiapan at a depth of 10 kilometres.
- Magnitude
- 4.1 for each earthquake
- First epicentre
- 109 kilometres southwest of Huixtla, Chiapas
- Second epicentre
- 127 kilometres southwest of Pijijiapan, Chiapas
- Depth
- 10 kilometres for each earthquake
- Alert system
- Neither earthquake warranted activation of the seismic alert system