The epicenter was just off the Pacific coast, 16 kilometers west-southwest of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, where the river flows into the sea.
The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and a depth of 47 miles (75 kilometers).
In Mexico, there were no immediate reports of damage, but more mountainous and remote border areas are prone to landslides.
Across the border, Guatemala’s national disaster prevention agency shared photos on its social media accounts of small landslides on highways in the Quetzaltenango region and large cracks in the walls of a hospital in San Marcos, but no deaths were reported.
In Tapachula, near the border, civil defense brigades were scouring the town for signs of damage.
Didier Solares, a Civil Defense official in Suchiate, said that so far no damage had been noted.
“Luckily, everything is OK,” Solares said. “We talk to the businesses, to the (rural areas) by radio and there is nothing, there is no damage, thank God,” he said.
The early morning earthquake frightened people again.
In the mountainous and picturesque colonial town of San Cristobal, the shaking was strong.
“Here we stood up because we have the seismic alert service,” said resident Joaquín Morales. “The alert woke me up because it came 30 seconds before (the earthquake).”
In Tuxtla Chico, a town near Tapachula, María Guzmán, a teacher, said: “It was horrible, it was strong. It was a real scare.
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