Mag. 4.2 earthquake - San Miguel Quetzaltepec, 97 km east of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-09-07 04:53:35 (Hora de México) -

Mag. 4.2 earthquake - San Miguel Quetzaltepec, 97 km east of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-09-07 04:53:35 (Hora de México)

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 67 km depth

7 Sep 10:11 UTC: First to report: SSN after 18 minutes.

Sep 7 10:14: Source data changed from EMSC to SSN
Date & time: 7 Sep 2020 09:53:35 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2020-09-07 04:53:35 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.2
Depth: 67.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.04°N / 95.81°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: San Martín (183 km / 114 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
9 km (6 mi) NW of San Miguel Quetzaltepec (pop: 3,860)
14 km (9 mi) S of San Juan Cotzocón (San Juan Cotzocon) (pop: 3,700)
16 km (10 mi) NE of San Juan Juquila (pop: 1,670)
17 km (11 mi) SE of Santiago Zacatepec (pop: 2,150)
28 km (17 mi) ENE of Santo Domingo Tepuxtepec (pop: 1,810)
37 km (23 mi) NE of San Pedro Quiatoni (pop: 2,790)
97 km (60 mi) E of Oaxaca (pop: 262,600)
440 km (273 mi) SE of Mexico City (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200)
Primary data source: SSN
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.267 km71 Km Al ESTE De TLACOLULA, OAX (Mexico)SSN
M 4.267 kmOaxaca, MexicoEMSC

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