Mag. 3.8 earthquake - 13 km southwest of San José del Progreso, Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-08-24 16:35:16 (Hora de México) -
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in Mexico | Oaxaca | Mexico City
Minor magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
25 Aug 01:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 4 hours.
Local time at epicenter: 2020-08-24 16:35:16 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 3.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.05°N / 97.81°W
(El Zarzal, Oaxaca, Mexico)Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) SSW of El Zarzal (pop: 66) --> See nearby quakes!
20 km (12 mi) W of Santa Rosa de Lima (pop: 2,200) --> See nearby quakes!
21 km (13 mi) SE of José Maria Morelos (pop: 2,330) --> See nearby quakes!
26 km (16 mi) S of Jamiltepec (pop: 10,100) --> See nearby quakes!
33 km (21 mi) SSE of San Andrés Huaxpaltepec (pop: 4,150) --> See nearby quakes!
34 km (21 mi) WSW of Santa Maria Acatepec (pop: 1,170) --> See nearby quakes!
41 km (26 mi) SE of Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) --> See nearby quakes!
46 km (28 mi) SSE of Pinotepa de Don Luis (pop: 5,690) --> See nearby quakes!
162 km (101 mi) SW of Oaxaca City (pop: 255,000) --> See nearby quakes!
401 km (249 mi) SSE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Estimated released energy: 3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 3.8 | 10 km | 41 Km Al OESTE De RIO GRANDE, OAX (Mexico) | SSN |
| M 3.8 | 10 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | EMSC |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it be the first to report it!
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Mag. 3.8 earthquake - 13 km southwest of San José del Progreso, Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-08-24 16:35:16 (Hora de México)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
