Date & time | Aug 2, 1968 14:06:43 UTC |
Local time at epicenter | |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 7.3 |
Depth | 25.0 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.519°N / 97.739°W ![]() |
Antipode | 16.519°S / 82.261°E |
Shaking intensity | Very strong shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
Nearby towns and cities | 11 km (7 mi) WSW of Santiago Ixtayutla (pop: 1,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) NNE of San Agustin (pop: 2,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) ENE of San Juan Colorado (pop: 5,560) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Santiago (pop: 10,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 28 km (18 mi) NE of San Andrés Huaxpaltepec (pop: 4,150) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 39 km (24 mi) ENE of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) ESE of Ometepec (Guerrero) (pop: 24,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) S of Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (Centro) (pop: 17,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 124 km (77 mi) WSW of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 355 km (221 mi) SSE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Estimated seismic energy released | 5.6 x 1015 joules (1562 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.3 x 106 tons of TNT or 84 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
7.3 | 25 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | USGS |
Date and time![]() | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
Feb 4, 1970 05:08 53 years ago | 6.4 10 km | 152 km S of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico | More |
Aug 16, 1968 18:25 55 years ago | 5.6 30 km | 8.8 km NW of San Pedro Atoyac, Oaxaca, Mexico | More |