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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 25 km west of Pinotepa Nacional, Centro, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-09-13 03:56:27 (Hora de México)

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 13 km depth

13 Sep 09:17 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 21 minutes.
13 Sep 09:21: Now using data updates from SSN

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 13, 2020 08:56:27 UTC
Local time at epicenter	2020-09-13 03:56:27 (Hora de México)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	13.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	16.34°N / 98.29°W (El Ciruelo, Oaxaca, Mexico)
Antipode	16.34°S / 81.71°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	4 km (3 mi) NW of El Ciruelo (pop: 2,220) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 9 km (6 mi) E of Santo Domingo Armenta (pop: 2,580) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) NW of Corralero (pop: 1,740) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) S of Santiago Llano Grande (pop: 1,880) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 20 km (12 mi) SE of Cuajinicuilapa (Guerrero) (pop: 10,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) W of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) WSW of Pinotepa de Don Luis (pop: 5,690) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) SSE of Ometepec (Guerrero) (pop: 24,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 185 km (115 mi) WSW of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 355 km (220 mi) SSE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	13 km	25 Km Al OESTE De PINOTEPA NACIONAL, OAX (Mexico)	SSN
4.2	13 km	Oaxaca, Mexico	EMSC

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Seismic station: Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico (TEIG/IU network) | Distance from quake: 1142 km / 709 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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