Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - 24 km north of Matías Romero, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-09-09 17:46:02 (Hora de México) -

Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - 24 km north of Matías Romero, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-09-09 17:46:02 (Hora de México)

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 123 km depth

9 Sep 23:03 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 17 minutes.
9 Sep 23:07: Now using data updates from SSN
Date & time: 9 Sep 2020 10:46:02 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2020-09-09 17:46:02 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.2
Depth: 123.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.09°N / 95.06°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: San Martín (165 km / 103 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
5 km (3 mi) NE of Santa Ana (pop: 1,340)
5 km (3 mi) S of Palomares (pop: 3,760)
15 km (9 mi) NE of San Juan Guichicovi (pop: 4,280)
16 km (10 mi) S of Donaji (pop: 2,360)
19 km (12 mi) W of Cuauhtémoc (Matías Romero Avendaño) (pop: 2,260)
24 km (15 mi) N of Matías Romero (pop: 21,100)
177 km (110 mi) E of Oaxaca (pop: 262,600)
502 km (312 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 4.2123 km24 Km Al NORTE De MATIAS ROMERO, OAX (Mexico)SSN
M 4.2123 kmOaxaca, MexicoEMSC

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