Mag. 4.0 earthquake - 4.2 km north of San Miguel Quetzaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-10-03 20:03:12 (Hora de México) -

Mag. 4.0 earthquake - 4.2 km north of San Miguel Quetzaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-10-03 20:03:12 (Hora de México)

Light 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
Date & time: 4 Oct 2020 01:03:12 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2020-10-03 20:03:12 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 4.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.01°N / 95.77°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: San Martín (185 km / 115 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
17 km (11 mi) S of San Juan Cotzocon (pop: 3,700)
18 km (11 mi) WNW of Santiago Ixcuintepec (San Juan Mazatlán) (pop: 1,360)
23 km (14 mi) SE of Santiago Zacatepec (pop: 2,150)
24 km (15 mi) WSW of La Nueva Reforma del Camarón (pop: 200)
35 km (21 mi) W of Santa Isabel de la Reforma (pop: 1,790)
38 km (23 mi) NE of San Pedro Quiatoni (pop: 2,790)
102 km (63 mi) E of Oaxaca City (pop: 255,000)
445 km (277 mi) SE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 16.1°C (61 F), humidity: 95%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts)
Primary data source: SSN
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.04 km4 Km NNW of San Miguel Quetzaltepec, MexicoSSN
M 4.04 km75 Km Al ESTE De TLACOLULA, OAX, MexicoEMSC

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242.8 km N of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
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