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Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - 4.2 km north of San Miguel Quetzaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-10-03 20:03:12 (Hora de México)
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Moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 4 km depth
4 Oct 01:26 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 23 minutes.
4 Oct 01:28: Now using data updates from SSN
4 Oct 01:28: Now using data updates from SSN
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Oct 4, 2020 01:03:12 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | 2020-10-03 20:03:12 (Hora de México) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 4.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 17.01°N / 95.77°W  (San Miguel Quetzaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 17.01°S / 84.23°E |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | San Martín (185 km / 115 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 3 km (2 mi) NNW of Rancho el Llano (pop: 63) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 4 km (3 mi) NNW of San Miguel Quetzaltepec (pop: 3,860) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) SE of Santa Maria Alotepec (pop: 1,070) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) S of San Juan Cotzocon (pop: 3,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) NNW of Santiago Quiavicuzas (pop: 1,460) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) ENE of San Juan Juquila (pop: 1,670) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 33 km (20 mi) ESE of Santa Maria (pop: 3,450) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (23 mi) NE of San Pedro Quiatoni (pop: 2,790) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 102 km (63 mi) E of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 445 km (277 mi) SE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  16.1°C (61 F), humidity: 95%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 4 km | 4 Km NNW of San Miguel Quetzaltepec, Mexico | SSN |
| 4.0 | 4 km | 75 Km Al ESTE De TLACOLULA, OAX, Mexico | EMSC |
User reports for this quake (1)
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