Moderate 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 15 km northeast of Merced del Potrero, San Miguel del Puerto, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020-06-23 09:29:07, which had occurred 6 weeks earlier.
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Moderate 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

Antipode: 16.11°S / 82.7°E
Nearby towns and cities:
1 km (0 mi) SW of Junta de los Rios (pop: 193) --> See nearby quakes!
14 km (9 mi) S of Santa Catarina Juquila (pop: 6,220) --> See nearby quakes!
17 km (10 mi) W of Santos Reyes Nopala (pop: 5,200) --> See nearby quakes!
18 km (11 mi) NE of Rio Grande (pop: 12,900) --> See nearby quakes!
29 km (18 mi) SE of Tepenixtlahuaca (pop: 2,550) --> See nearby quakes!
32 km (20 mi) E of La Luz (pop: 2,440) --> See nearby quakes!
36 km (22 mi) NW of Puerto Escondido (pop: 25,900) --> See nearby quakes!
59 km (37 mi) ESE of Santiago (pop: 10,100) --> See nearby quakes!
123 km (76 mi) SSW of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) --> See nearby quakes!
417 km (259 mi) SSE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.4 | 14 km | 18 km al NORESTE de RIO GRANDE, OAX (Mexico) | SSN |
4.4 | 14 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
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