{"id":808966,"date":"2026-07-18T00:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/808966\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T00:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:21:20","slug":"strong-m7-3-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-chiapas-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/808966\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong M7.3 earthquake strikes off coast of Chiapas, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck 48 km southwest of Aquiles Serd\u00e1n, Mexico, on Friday at 9:48 a.m. local time, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us7000t1bu\/executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">USGS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It occurred at a depth of 15.2 km and has affected parts of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico and has raised the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsunami.gov\/?p=PHEB\/2026\/07\/17\/26198000\/1\/WEPA40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">tsunami threat<\/a> in Guatemala and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>There is no elevated tsunami threats impacting Canada as a result of the quake.<\/p>\n<p>There are no official damage or injury reports yet, but reports on social media suggest buildings were seen shaking in Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/71LlQaAVO2jCRMPLqOjcMi\/c4dff467b3b5bde53911c14f1f23baa5\/image__10_.png\" alt=\"BARON - Mexico earthquake\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image__10_.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since the initial quake, there have been five aftershocks measuring at least M5.0.<\/p>\n<p>How strong is a magnitude 7.3 earthquake?<\/p>\n<p>A magnitude 7.43 earthquake is considered to be a major seismological event, capable of causing serious damage over a large area.<\/p>\n<p>Please note: This information is accurate at the time of posting and may change on the USGS website as more data is collected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck 48 km southwest of Aquiles Serd\u00e1n, Mexico, on Friday at 9:48 a.m. local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-808966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}