MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Amanda rapidly weakened Monday far off Mexico’s Pacific coast and was not expected to threaten land.

After starting the day as a powerful category 4 storm, the hurricane had dropped to category 2 by Monday night, with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph (165 kph). That was down from its peak of 155 mph (250 kph) on Sunday, a reading that made Amanda the most powerful May hurricane for the eastern Pacific since the mid-1960s, when reliable records began to be kept.