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Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - 47 km north of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, on Friday, July 3, 2020 at 02:33 GMT

Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 66 km depth

3 Jul 02:53 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 19 minutes.
Jul 3 03:27: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.3.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 39.0 to 66.0 km.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jul 3, 2020 02:33:47 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	66.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	17.27°N / 99.97°W (San Cristóbal, Guerrero, Mexico)
Antipode	17.27°S / 80.03°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Nevado de Toluca (227 km / 141 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) WSW of San Cristobal (pop: 1,080) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (10 mi) ENE of Tepetixtla (pop: 3,640) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) NNE of Coyuca de Benitez (Coyuca de Benítez) (pop: 13,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 33 km (21 mi) NW of Xaltianguis (Centro) (pop: 6,970) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) N of Acapulco (pop: 673,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) E of Atoyac de Alvarez (Atoyac de Álvarez) (pop: 21,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 58 km (36 mi) WSW of Chilpancingo de los Bravo (pop: 187,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 64 km (39 mi) SW of Zumpango del Rio (Zumpango del Río) (pop: 24,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) WSW of Tixtla de Guerrero (pop: 22,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 256 km (159 mi) SSW of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.3	66 km	Guerrero, Mexico	EMSC
4.3	66 km	3 km W of San Cristóbal, Mexico	USGS

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Ciudad de México (265.5 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Movimiento ligero de objetos colgantes (reported through our app)

San Gaspar Tonatico (Mexico, 173 km N of epicenter) : Llego la alerta justo en el momento.. Sísmo Ligeramente moderado con movimientos circular en lámparas.Tonatico estado de México. (reported through EMSC)

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