Shallow Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Pacific Off Chiapas, Mexico
USGS placed the rupture just 10 kilometers below the seafloor, near Guatemala's border, with no tsunami warning issued yet.
- USGS event attibqh8 places the epicenter at 14.4°N, 93°W, 71 km off Chiapas.
- The quake struck at 14:48 UTC on July 17, 2026, with a shallow 10 km depth.
- USGS logged only one felt report and no tsunami warning as of the automatic alert.
Why it matters: One felt report and an automatic classification measure how little is confirmed, not how much damage occurred.