Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - Off Coast of Chiapas, Mexico on Friday, 12 July 2019
12 Jul 01:42 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 14.91°N / 94.12°W
(Mexico)Nearest volcano: Tacana (217 km / 135 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
113 km (70 mi) SW of Isla San José (pop: 100)
113 km (70 mi) SW of El Diamante (pop: 100)
113 km (70 mi) SW of La Conquista (pop: 500)
182 km (113 mi) SE of Salina Cruz (pop: 73,600)
195 km (121 mi) SE of Juchitán de Zaragoza (pop: 67,600)
732 km (455 mi) SE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200)
Primary data source: GFZ
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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.
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Location | Source |
| Fri, 12 Jul 01:34 UTC | M 4.8 / 10 km | Off Coast of Chiapas, Mexico | GFZ |
| Fri, 12 Jul 01:34 UTC | M 5.2 / 20 km | Off Coast Of Chiapas, Mexico | EMSC |
| Fri, 12 Jul 01:34 UTC | M 5.1 / 47.4 km | Off Coast of Chiapas, Mexico | GeoAu |
| 2019-07-11 19:34:41 -06:00 (12 Jul 01:34:41 UTC) | M 5.2 / 10 km | 156km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico | USGS |
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