Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - Chivela, 4.4 km southwest of Chivela, Asuncion Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday, 17 January 2020 at 02:07 (GMT) -
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Aftershocks | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in Mexico| Oaxaca | Mexico City

Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth
17 Jan 02:14 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Date & time: 17 Jan 2020 02:07:21 UTC -
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.69°N / 95.03°W

Nearest volcano: El Chichón (206 km / 128 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
4 km (3 mi) NNW of Mena (pop: 221) --> See nearby quakes!
16 km (10 mi) NNE of Ixtepec (pop: 25,400) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) NNW of La Ventosa (pop: 4,880) --> See nearby quakes!
21 km (13 mi) S of Matias Romero (Matías Romero Avendaño) (pop: 18,900) --> See nearby quakes!
28 km (18 mi) N of Juchitan de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) --> See nearby quakes!
32 km (20 mi) NW of Union Hidalgo (Unión Hidalgo) (pop: 13,700) --> See nearby quakes!
46 km (29 mi) NNE of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Tehuantepec) (pop: 42,100) --> See nearby quakes!
60 km (37 mi) NNE of Salina Cruz (pop: 76,600) --> See nearby quakes!
185 km (115 mi) ESE of Oaxaca City (pop: 255,000) --> See nearby quakes!
530 km (329 mi) SE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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.
Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 5.0 | 10 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | GFZ |
M 5.3 | 40 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
M 5.0 | 33 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | GeoAu |
M 5.3 | 27 km | 18km ENE of San Jeronimo Ixtepec, Mexico | USGS |
User reports for this quake (11)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Contribute:
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!
La Crucecita / Weak shaking (MMI III) : I’m on the second floor of the condominium sitting in my living room when the earthquake happened. We felt the building shake and sway very moderately for about five seconds.
182.1 km W of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Tangolunda bay, Huatulco / Light shaking (MMI IV) : 2 periods of rocking, about 2min apart. each lasted 10-15 sec.
Huatulco (154.7 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Side movements. Glass sliding door wobble.
190.9 km SW of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Bahias du Huatulco / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México. (64.2 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Se sintió un ligero movimiento poco más tres segundos (reported through our app)
Ciudad de México (538.2 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Movimiento moderado de objetos colgantes (reported through our app)
Puebla (Mexico, 434 km NW of epicenter) : Se sintió débil en Puebla (reported through EMSC)
Salina Cruz (Mexico, 61 km SW of epicenter) : Estuvo fuerte estoy harta de las detonaciones que provocan los sismos (reported through EMSC)
Juchitán de Zaragoza (Mexico, 31 km S of epicenter) : Se sintió muy fuerte trepidatorio con caída de objetos (reported through EMSC)
Aftershocks
More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (12 quakes):- 16 Mar 2020 20:55 UTC| M 4.0 |6 km (3.7 mi) depth|13 km (8 mi) distance| SSN | Details
- 12 Mar 2020 19:38 UTC| M 3.9 |83 km (51.6 mi) depth|18 km (11 mi) distance| SSN | Details
- 08 Mar 2020 13:26 UTC| M 4.1 |27 km (16.8 mi) depth|14 km (8 mi) distance| SSN | Details
- 04 Mar 2020 08:12 UTC| M 4.1 |3 km (1.9 mi) depth|11 km (7 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 04 Mar 2020 08:04 UTC| M 3.2 |3 km (1.9 mi) depth|9 km (6 mi) distance| SSN | Details
- 04 Mar 2020 07:50 UTC| M 4.0 |3 km (1.9 mi) depth|16 km (10 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 15 Feb 2020 22:24 UTC| M 3.5 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|4 km (2 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 12 Feb 2020 22:49 UTC| M 3.7 |4 km (2.5 mi) depth|5 km (3 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 01 Feb 2020 09:53 UTC| M 3.7 |107 km (66.5 mi) depth|12 km (8 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 19 Jan 2020 21:25 UTC| M 4.1 |4 km (2.5 mi) depth|9 km (6 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 18 Jan 2020 09:06 UTC| M 3.4 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|18 km (11 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
- 17 Jan 2020 02:11 UTC| M 4.9 |50 km (31.1 mi) depth|16 km (10 mi) distance| EMSC | Details
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!