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Oaxaca (Mexico, 143 km NW of epicenter) : Ligero (reported through EMSC)
Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - 15 km northeast of Santa María Xadani, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-07-06 02:33:37 (Hora de México)
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.3 quake 15 km northeast of Merced del Potrero, San Miguel del Puerto, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020-06-23 09:29:07, which had occurred 13 days earlier.
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Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 54 km depth
6 Jul 07:49 UTC: First to report: SSN after 15 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 6, 2020 07:33:37 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | 2020-07-06 02:33:37 (Hora de México) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.3 |
| Depth | 54.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.01°N / 95.95°W  (San Carlos Yautepec, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16.01°S / 84.05°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 2 km (1 mi) ENE of San Miguel Chongos (pop: 471) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 14 km (8 mi) ESE of Merced del Potrero (pop: 2,180) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 17 km (10 mi) SW of Santa Maria Zapotitlan (pop: 1,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 29 km (18 mi) W of Santiago Astata (pop: 2,210) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 33 km (21 mi) NE of Crucecita (pop: 15,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 44 km (28 mi) ENE of Huatulco (pop: 7,410) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) ENE of San Pedro Pochutla (pop: 13,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 78 km (48 mi) ESE of Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz (Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz) (pop: 23,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 143 km (89 mi) SE of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 508 km (316 mi) SE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.3 | 54 km | 33 km al NORESTE de CRUCECITA, OAX (Mexico) | SSN |
| 4.3 | 54 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
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