Mag. 4.4 earthquake - 18 km northeast of Río Grande, Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-08-05 17:33:45 (Hora de México) -
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.3 quake 501 km southeast of Mexico City, Mexico, 2020-06-23 09:29:07, which had occurred 6 weeks earlier.
Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 14 km depth
5 Aug 22:49 UTC: First to report: SSN after 15 minutes.
Local time at epicenter: 2020-08-05 17:33:45 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 14.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.11°N / 97.3°W
(Mexico)Nearby towns and cities:
10 km (6 mi) W of Cerro del Aire (Santos Reyes Nopala) (pop: 1,540)
13 km (8 mi) SSW of Santiago Yaitepec (pop: 4,120)
15 km (9 mi) E of Santiago Jocotepec (Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo) (pop: 1,770)
18 km (11 mi) NE of Río Grande (Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo) (pop: 12,900)
20 km (12 mi) WSW of San Juan Lachao (pop: 1,200)
36 km (22 mi) NW of Puerto Escondido (pop: 25,900)
123 km (76 mi) SSW of Oaxaca City (Oaxaca de Juarez, San Miguel Chimalapa) (pop: 255,000)
417 km (259 mi) SSE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200)
Primary data source: SSN
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.4 | 14 km | 18 km al NORESTE de RIO GRANDE, OAX (Mexico) | SSN |
| M 4.4 | 14 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
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Mag. 4.4 earthquake - 18 km northeast of Río Grande, Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-08-05 17:33:45 (Hora de México)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
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