Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - 87 km southwest of Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 02:30 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 5 weeks earlier.
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Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 135 km depth
29 Jul 02:47 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 17 minutes.
Jul 29 02:48: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.3.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 128.0 to 135.0 km.
Jul 29 02:48: Magnitude recalculated from 4.6 to 4.3.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 128.0 to 135.0 km.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 29, 2020 02:30:13 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.3 |
| Depth | 135.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 17.29°N / 94.9°W  (Veracruz, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 17.29°S / 85.1°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | San Martín (145 km / 90 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 9 km (5 mi) SW of Suchilapilla (pop: 282) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Donaji (Oaxaca) (pop: 2,360) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 21 km (13 mi) SE of Jesus Carranza (pop: 4,020) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 21 km (13 mi) N of Cuauhtémoc (Oaxaca) (pop: 2,260) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) NE of Palomares (Oaxaca) (pop: 3,760) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) NNE of San Juan Guichicovi (Oaxaca) (pop: 4,280) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) W of Poblado 10 (pop: 3,320) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) NNE of Matias Romero Avendaño (Matías Romero Avendaño, Oaxaca) (pop: 18,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) S of Sayula de Aleman (Centro) (pop: 14,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 506 km (314 mi) ESE 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 |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.3 | 135 km | Veracruz, Mexico | EMSC |
| 4.3 | 135 km | 13 km SE of Suchilapan del Río, Mexico | USGS |
| 4.6 | 128 km | 22 km al NORTE de MATIAS ROMERO, OAX (Mexico) | SSN |
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