Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 87 km southwest of San José el Hueyate (Barra de San José), Mexico, on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 13:31 GMT
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Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 15 km depth
12 Apr 14:01 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 30 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Apr 12, 2019 13:31:49 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 5 |
| Depth | 15.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 14.38°N / 93.21°W  (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 14.38°S / 86.79°E |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Tacana (145 km / 90 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 87 km (54 mi) SW of San José el Hueyate (Barra de San José) (pop: 756) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) WSW of Puerto Madero (Tapachula) (pop: 9,560) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 97 km (60 mi) SW of Aquiles Serdan (pop: 1,140) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) SW of Mazatlan (Mazatán) (pop: 6,840) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 105 km (65 mi) SW of Francisco I. Madero (pop: 1,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 111 km (69 mi) WSW of Vida Mejor I (Los Cafetales) (pop: 6,460) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 114 km (71 mi) SW of Huehuetan (Huehuetán) (pop: 7,760) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 115 km (72 mi) SW of Pueblo Nuevo (San Juan) (pop: 7,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 116 km (72 mi) SW of Huixtla (pop: 32,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 844 km (524 mi) SE of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.0 | 15 km | Offshore Chiapas, Mexico | EMSC |
| 4.6 | 35 km | 90km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | USGS |
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