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Light mag. 3.7 earthquake - Guerrero, 194 km southwest of Mexico City (Ciudad de México), on 2020-09-23 01:03:48 (Hora de México)

Light magnitude 3.7 earthquake at 12 km depth

23 Sep 13:00 UTC: First to report: SSN after 7 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 23, 2020 06:03:48 UTC
Local time at epicenter	2020-09-23 01:03:48 (Hora de México)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.7
Depth	12.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	18.2°N / 100.43°W (Guerrero, Mexico)
Antipode	18.2°S / 79.57°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	Nevado de Toluca (123 km / 76 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	4 km (2 mi) NNW of La Tinaja (Santa Cruz Tinaja) (pop: 384) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 9 km (6 mi) SSW of San José Poliutla (Tlapehuala) (pop: 3,090) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 12 km (8 mi) ESE of Tlapehuala (pop: 9,330) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) W of El Escondido (pop: 1,290) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) WNW of El Terrero (pop: 1,490) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 20 km (13 mi) SW of Arcelia (pop: 18,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) SSE of Tlalchapa (pop: 4,070) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) SE of Ciudad Altamirano (pop: 25,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) SE of Huetamo de Nuñez (Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacán de Ocampo) (pop: 21,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 194 km (120 mi) SW 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	2.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.7	12 km	20 Km Al SUROESTE De ARCELIA, GRO, Mexico	SSN

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Seismic station: Morelia, Mich, MX (MOIG/MX network) | Distance from quake: 181 km / 113 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Morelia, Mich, MX: 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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