Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - 5.5 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO on Saturday, 20 September 2014

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 82 km southwest of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico, on Saturday, 20 September 2014 at 03:03 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 82 km southwest of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico, on Saturday, 20 September 2014 at 03:03 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 45 km depth

20 Sep 03:11 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 7 minutes.
Sep 20 19:10: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 40.0 to 45.0 km.
Date & time: 20 Sep 2014 03:03:54 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 45.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 14.87°N / 93.63°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Nearest volcano: Tacana (168 km / 104 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
82 km (51 mi) SW of Pampa Honda (pop: 148) --> See nearby quakes!
82 km (51 mi) SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal) (pop: 1,030) --> See nearby quakes!
92 km (57 mi) WSW of La Palma (pop: 678) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (62 mi) S of El Manguito (Tonalá) (pop: 821) --> See nearby quakes!
100 km (62 mi) SW of Mapastepec (pop: 17,900) --> See nearby quakes!
101 km (63 mi) SSW of Pijijiapan (pop: 16,900) --> See nearby quakes!
102 km (63 mi) SSW of San Isidro (pop: 1,630) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) WSW of El Arenal (pop: 1,160) --> See nearby quakes!
134 km (83 mi) SW of Nueva Colombia (pop: 1,570) --> See nearby quakes!
773 km (481 mi) SE of Mexiko (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.045 km OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICOEMSC
M 5.046 kmNear Coast of Chiapas, MexicoGFZ
M 5.246 km108km SW of Mapastepec, MexicoUSGS
M 5.415 kmNicaraguaINETER
M 5.316 km133 km al SUROESTE de PIJIJIAPAN, CHISSSN

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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake North Pacific Ocean, 82 km southwest of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico, 20 September 2014 03:03 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (26 quakes):
  • 15 Nov 2014 09:32 UTC
    | M 4.1 |
    16 km (9.9 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 14 Nov 2014 14:59 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 23 Oct 2014 19:28 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    40 km (24.9 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (11 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 13 Oct 2014 20:44 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 07 Oct 2014 04:54 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    20 km (12.4 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 30 Sep 2014 11:25 UTC
    | M 3.6 |
    16 km (9.9 mi) depth
    |
    16 km (10 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 29 Sep 2014 09:36 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    16 km (9.9 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 29 Sep 2014 06:23 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    30 km (18.6 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (10 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 26 Sep 2014 23:32 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    85 km (52.8 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (7 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 25 Sep 2014 19:23 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    49 km (30.4 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (10 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 24 Sep 2014 14:49 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    101 km (62.8 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 24 Sep 2014 06:02 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    16 km (9.9 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (9 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 24 Sep 2014 03:03 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    75 km (46.6 mi) depth
    |
    4 km (2 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 23 Sep 2014 17:34 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    1 km (0.6 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 23 Sep 2014 16:29 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    15 km (9.3 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
  • 23 Sep 2014 15:39 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    33 km (20.5 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (8 mi) distance
    | SSN | Details
    • Show all

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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 82 km southwest of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico, on Saturday, 20 September 2014 at 03:03 (GMT)
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