Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - 18 km northeast of Santa María Xadani, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 12:06 GMT
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 14 days earlier.
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Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 56 km depth
7 Jul 12:32 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 26 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 7, 2020 12:06:40 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.2 |
| Depth | 56.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.02°N / 95.92°W  (Llano de Cal, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16.02°S / 84.08°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 3 km (2 mi) W of Guadalupe Victoria (pop: 935) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) SSW of Santa Maria Zapotitlan (pop: 1,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) E of Merced del Potrero (pop: 2,180) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) W of Santiago Astata (pop: 2,210) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 36 km (22 mi) NE of Crucecita (pop: 15,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) ENE of Huatulco (pop: 7,410) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) ENE of San Pedro Pochutla (pop: 13,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) SW of Santa Maria Jalapa del Marqués (pop: 9,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 144 km (90 mi) SE of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 509 km (316 mi) SE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.2 | 56 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
| 4.2 | 56 km | 36 km al NORESTE de CRUCECITA, OAX (Mexico) | SSN |
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