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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 17 km east of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, on 2020-09-13 04:54:09 (Hora de México)

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 4 km depth

13 Sep 10:11 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 17 minutes.
13 Sep 10:14: Now using data updates from SSN

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 13, 2020 09:54:09 UTC
Local time at epicenter	2020-09-13 04:54:09 (Hora de México)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	4.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	16.79°N / 99.76°W (Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico)
Antipode	16.79°S / 80.24°E
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) ESE of Fraccionamiento Campestre de la Laguna (pop: 163) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) WSW of Amatillo (pop: 3,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Acapulco (pop: 673,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) S of Kilometro 30 (Centro) (pop: 6,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 29 km (18 mi) SE of Bajos del Ejido (pop: 6,170) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 39 km (25 mi) W of San Marcos (pop: 13,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) SE of Coyuca de Benitez (Coyuca de Benítez) (pop: 13,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) SSW of Chilpancingo de los Bravo (pop: 187,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 301 km (187 mi) SSW of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
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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	4 km	17 Km Al SURESTE De ACAPULCO, GRO (Mexico)	SSN
4.2	4 km	Guerrero, Mexico	EMSC
3.7	10 km	1 Km ENE of Amatillo, Mexico	USGS

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