Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 16 km southeast of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico, on 2020-08-31 16:55:56 (Hora de México)
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Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 108 km depth
1 Sep 01:14 UTC: First to report: SSN after 3 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Aug 31, 2020 21:55:56 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | 2020-08-31 16:55:56 (Hora de México) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 108.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 15.56°N / 93.13°W  (El Carmen, Chiapas, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 15.56°S / 86.87°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | Tacana (119 km / 74 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 2 km (1 mi) S of El Carmen (pop: 1,420) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) NNE of La Esperanza (El Zapotal) (pop: 1,030) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Pijijiapan (pop: 16,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 28 km (18 mi) WNW of Mapastepec (pop: 17,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 56 km (35 mi) SW of Angel Albino Corzo (Jaltenango de la Paz) (pop: 10,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 57 km (36 mi) WNW of Escuintla (pop: 9,570) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 58 km (36 mi) S of San Pedro Buenavista (pop: 8,390) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) SE of Tonala (Tonalá) (pop: 35,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 133 km (83 mi) S of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop: 537,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 768 km (477 mi) ESE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 108 km | 17 Km Al SURESTE De PIJIJIAPAN, CHIS (Mexico) | SSN |
| 4.0 | 108 km | Chiapas, Mexico | EMSC |
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