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Weak mag. 3.3 earthquake - 0.6 km northeast of Los Cajones, San Miguel Totolapan, Guerrero, Mexico, on 2020-07-26 02:56:42 (Hora de México)

Weak magnitude 3.3 earthquake at 58 km depth

26 Jul 13:00 UTC: First to report: SSN after 5 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jul 26, 2020 07:56:42 UTC
Local time at epicenter	2020-07-26 02:56:42 (Hora de México)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.3
Depth	58.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	18.05°N / 100.3°W (Los Cajones, Guerrero, Mexico)
Antipode	18.05°S / 79.7°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	Nevado de Toluca (131 km / 81 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	1 km (0 mi) NE of Los Cajones (pop: 181) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) SE of San Miguel Totolapan (pop: 4,320) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) S of El Escondido (pop: 1,290) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) SSE of San José Poliutla (Tlapehuala) (pop: 3,090) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) S of Arcelia (pop: 18,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 33 km (20 mi) SE of Tlapehuala (pop: 9,330) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) WSW of Apaxtla de Castrejon (Centro) (pop: 7,040) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 52 km (32 mi) SE of Ciudad Altamirano (pop: 25,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 101 km (63 mi) WNW of Chilpancingo de los Bravo (pop: 187,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 197 km (122 mi) SW 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	5.6 x 10⁹ joules (1.56 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.34 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.3	58 km	29 km al SUR de ARCELIA, GRO (Mexico)	SSN

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Unam - Mexico, Mexico (UNM/G network) | Distance from quake: 185 km / 115 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Unam - Mexico, Mexico: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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