Quake Info: Strong Mag. 5.5 Earthquake - 1.9 km Northwest of Villa Nueva, Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Monday, June 27, 2016 at 20:50 GMT

Strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

27 Jun 20:58 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Jun 27 21:00: Magnitude recalculated from 5.4 to 5.5.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jun 27, 2016 20:50:33 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	16.57°N / 97.84°W (Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca, Mexico)
Antipode	16.57°S / 82.16°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	14 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	17 km (11 mi) NE of San Juan Colorado (pop: 5,560) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) SE of Zacatepec (pop: 4,850) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) NNE of San Andrés Huaxpaltepec (pop: 4,150) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 28 km (18 mi) ESE of San Pedro Amuzgos (pop: 4,930) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) N of Santiago (pop: 10,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) NE of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 62 km (39 mi) ESE of Ometepec (Guerrero) (pop: 24,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 80 km (49 mi) SSW of Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (Centro) (pop: 17,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 131 km (81 mi) WSW of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 346 km (215 mi) SSE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.1 x 10¹³ joules (3.12 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2682 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.5	10 km	Oaxaca, Mexico	GFZ
5.7	19 km	- 18km NNE of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico	USGS

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Seismic station: Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico (TEIG/IU network) | Distance from quake: 1088 km / 676 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

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User reports for this quake (17)

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Polanco (348.2 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)

Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City (350.6 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Se sintió poco (reported through our app)

Puebla City (274.5 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)

Cuernavaca, Morelos México / Light shaking (MMI IV)

plaza cuidad jardin / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Evacuated plaza

Rafael Lucio, Veracruz (344.4 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)

Mexico City (338.9 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)

Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan, Oaxaca (127 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)

Puebla / not felt

Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City (345.5 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Mexico city / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Laying down and table moved

Mexico DF (347.7 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : just a little movement, nothing felt

Benito Juarez, Mexico City (346.1 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)

Puebla City (278.3 km N of epicenter) [Map] (reported through our app)

Santa fe MX / Weak shaking (MMI III)

Puebla City (276.6 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Se sintió un poco. Pero casi no duró. (reported through our app)

Santa Maria Chimalhuacan, Chimalhuacán Municipality, México (341 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Duro muy poco y además No se sintió mucho (reported through our app)

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Jul 20, 2016 19:06 6 years ago	4.5 50 km	13 km N of San Juan Colorado, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Jul 4, 2016 23:35 6 years ago	4.3 32 km	5.4 km N of Villa Nueva, Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Jun 28, 2016 23:36 6 years ago	4.5 10 km	5.8 km NW of San Juan Colorado, Oaxaca, Mexico	More

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