Strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - 2.1 km southeast of Ramon Escobar Balboa, San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday, November 12, 1942 at 04:55 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 60 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Nov 12, 1942 04:55:31 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.1 |
| Depth | 60.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.5°N / 94.152°W  (San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16.5°S / 85.848°E |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | El Chichón (137 km / 85 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 8 km (5 mi) WNW of Nueva Tenochtitlan (Rizo de Oro) (Chiapas) (pop: 1,640) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) NNE of San Pedro Tapanatepec (pop: 7,440) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) NW of Arriaga (Chiapas) (pop: 24,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 51 km (31 mi) WSW of Cintalapa de Figueroa (Chiapas) (pop: 42,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 62 km (39 mi) NW of Tonala (Tonalá, Chiapas) (pop: 35,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) WSW of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (San Juan, Chiapas) (pop: 39,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) E of Juchitan de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 114 km (71 mi) WSW of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Chiapas) (pop: 537,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 281 km (175 mi) ESE of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 619 km (385 mi) ESE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 8.9 x 1013 joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.1 | 60 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | USGS |
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