Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - 37 km southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-07-10 16:59:47 (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 2 weeks earlier.
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Moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 7 km depth
11 Jul 01:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 3 hours.
Earthquake details
Date & time | Jul 10, 2020 21:59:47 UTC |
Local time at epicenter | 2020-07-10 16:59:47 (Hora de México) |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 4 |
Depth | 7.0 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 15.73°N / 97.39°W ![]() |
Antipode | 15.73°S / 82.61°E |
Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
Nearby towns and cities | 24 km (15 mi) S of El Venado (pop: 148) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) S of Rio Grande (pop: 12,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 37 km (23 mi) WSW of Puerto Escondido (pop: 25,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) SE of Santa Rosa de Lima (pop: 2,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 46 km (29 mi) S of Zacatepec (pop: 1,030) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 49 km (31 mi) SSW of Santos Reyes Nopala (pop: 5,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 52 km (32 mi) WSW of Santa Maria Colotepec (pop: 1,370) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 57 km (36 mi) S of Santa Catarina Juquila (pop: 6,220) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) S of Tepenixtlahuaca (pop: 2,550) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 451 km (280 mi) SSE of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.0 | 7 km | 31 km al SUR de RIO GRANDE, OAX (Mexico) | SSN |
4.0 | 7 km | Offshore Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
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