Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Villa Nueva, 3 km southwest of Villa Nueva, Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Wednesday, 6 November 2019 at 05:59 (GMT) -
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Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth
6 Nov 06:08 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.55°N / 97.85°W
(Villa Nueva, Oaxaca, Mexico)Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) WSW of Villa Nueva (pop: 568) --> See nearby quakes!
8 km (5 mi) S of La Reforma (pop: 1,360) --> See nearby quakes!
15 km (9 mi) NE of San Juan Colorado (pop: 5,560) --> See nearby quakes!
17 km (11 mi) NNW of San Agustin Chayuco (pop: 2,000) --> See nearby quakes!
19 km (12 mi) ESE of Zocoteaca de Leon (pop: 1,240) --> See nearby quakes!
20 km (12 mi) E of San Pedro Tulixtlahuaca (pop: 1,720) --> See nearby quakes!
30 km (19 mi) N of Jamiltepec (pop: 10,100) --> See nearby quakes!
32 km (20 mi) NE of Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) --> See nearby quakes!
133 km (83 mi) WSW of Oaxaca City (pop: 255,000) --> See nearby quakes!
348 km (216 mi) SSE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.5 | 10 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | GFZ |
| M 5.0 | 30 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
| M 5.0 | 30 km | 9km SSW of Santa Maria Huazolotitlan, Mexico | USGS |
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Ciudad de México (358.8 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Estuvo un poco más fuerte obviamente se movieron un poco más los objetos colgantes (reported through our app)
Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico, 377 km NW of epicenter) : Débilmente sentido movimiento de objetos colgantes. (reported through EMSC)
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Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Villa Nueva, 3 km southwest of Villa Nueva, Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Wednesday, 6 November 2019 at 05:59 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
