Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Oaxaca, 110 km west of Tuxtla (Chiapas), Mexico, on 2020-08-05 03:43:23 (Hora de México)
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Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 129 km depth
5 Aug 13:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 4 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Aug 5, 2020 08:43:23 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | 2020-08-05 03:43:23 (Hora de México) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 129.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.57°N / 94.13°W  (San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16.57°S / 85.87°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | El Chichón (130 km / 81 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 6 km (4 mi) ENE of Rodulfo Figueroa (pop: 141) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 12 km (7 mi) NNW of Nueva Tenochtitlan (Rizo de Oro) (Chiapas) (pop: 1,640) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) NNE of San Pedro Tapanatepec (pop: 7,440) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) ENE of Santo Domingo Zanatepec (pop: 7,250) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) NW of Arriaga (Chiapas) (pop: 24,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 46 km (28 mi) WSW of Cintalapa de Figueroa (Chiapas) (pop: 42,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) ENE of San Francisco del Mar (pop: 4,720) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (41 mi) NW of Tonala (Tonalá, Chiapas) (pop: 35,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 282 km (175 mi) E of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 617 km (383 mi) ESE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (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 |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 129 km | 45 km al NOROESTE de ARRIAGA , CHIS (Mexico) | SSN |
| 4.0 | 129 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
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