Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - San Miguel Tlacamama, 7.5 km northeast of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday, 13 March 2018 at 02:22 (GMT)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.0 quake Santiago Ixtayutla, 13 km southwest of Llano Tigre, Mexico, 16 February 2018 23:39 GMT, which had occurred 3 weeks earlier.
Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - San Miguel Tlacamama, 7.5 km northeast of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday, 13 March 2018 at 02:22 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 17 km depth

Date & time: 13 Mar 2018 02:22:06 UTC
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 17.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.4°N / 98.02°W (San Miguel Tlacamama, Oaxaca, Mexico)
Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) NE of Santa Maria Jicaltepec (pop: 1,820) --> See nearby quakes!
8 km (5 mi) NNE of Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) --> See nearby quakes!
10 km (6 mi) SW of San Juan Colorado (pop: 5,560) --> See nearby quakes!
14 km (8 mi) NW of San Andrés Huaxpaltepec (pop: 4,150) --> See nearby quakes!
17 km (10 mi) SSE of San Antonio Tepetlapa (pop: 2,620) --> See nearby quakes!
25 km (15 mi) WNW of Jamiltepec (pop: 10,100) --> See nearby quakes!
29 km (18 mi) SSE of San Pedro Amuzgos (pop: 4,930) --> See nearby quakes!
52 km (33 mi) SE of Ometepec (Guerrero) (pop: 24,100) --> See nearby quakes!
157 km (97 mi) WSW of Oaxaca City (pop: 255,000) --> See nearby quakes!
357 km (222 mi) SSE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) More info
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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.117 kmOAXACA, MEXICOEMSC

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