Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 99 km south of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico, on Monday, 27 January 2020 at 00:55 (GMT) -

Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 99 km south of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico, on Monday, 27 January 2020 at 00:55 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 18 km depth

27 Jan 01:13 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 19 minutes.
Date & time: 27 Jan 2020 00:55:08 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.2
Depth: 18.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 18.04°N / 104.06°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Nearest volcano: Colima (170 km / 106 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
68 km (42 mi) WSW of La Llorona (pop: 47) --> See nearby quakes!
74 km (46 mi) SW of La Placita de Morelos (pop: 1,440) --> See nearby quakes!
89 km (55 mi) SSW of Coahuayana Viejo (pop: 2,430) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (62 mi) S of Tecoman (pop: 85,700) --> See nearby quakes!
100 km (62 mi) S of Ciudad de Armeria (Ciudad de Armería) (pop: 15,900) --> See nearby quakes!
123 km (77 mi) SSE of Manzanillo (pop: 130,000) --> See nearby quakes!
139 km (86 mi) SSW of Colima (pop: 137,400) --> See nearby quakes!
141 km (87 mi) SSW of Ciudad de Villa de Alvarez (pop: 117,600) --> See nearby quakes!
143 km (89 mi) SSE of Cihuatlan (Cihuatlán) (pop: 18,200) --> See nearby quakes!
542 km (337 mi) WSW of Mexiko (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.218 kmOffshore Michoacan, MexicoEMSC

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Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 99 km south of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico, on Monday, 27 January 2020 at 00:55 (GMT)
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