Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - 134 km east of Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-10-07 06:15:25 (Hora de México)
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Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 103 km depth
7 Oct 11:35 UTC: First to report: SSN after 20 minutes.
Local time at epicenter: 2020-10-07 06:15:25 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 103.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.17°N / 95.47°W

Antipode: 17.17°S / 84.53°E
Nearest volcano: San Martín (159 km / 99 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
6 km (4 mi) SSW of Tierra Negra (pop: 629) --> See nearby quakes!
16 km (10 mi) N of Mazatlan (pop: 1,790) --> See nearby quakes!
21 km (13 mi) SSW of Jaltepec de Candayoc (pop: 1,770) --> See nearby quakes!
33 km (21 mi) E of San Juan Cotzocon (pop: 3,700) --> See nearby quakes!
38 km (23 mi) NE of San Miguel Quetzaltepec (pop: 3,860) --> See nearby quakes!
46 km (29 mi) WNW of San Juan Guichicovi (pop: 4,280) --> See nearby quakes!
56 km (35 mi) NW of Matias Romero Avendaño (Matías Romero Avendaño) (pop: 18,900) --> See nearby quakes!
78 km (49 mi) NNW of Ixtepec (pop: 25,400) --> See nearby quakes!
134 km (83 mi) E of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) --> See nearby quakes!
461 km (286 mi) ESE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds
17.3°C (63 F), humidity: 95%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from WSW
Primary data source: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Broken Clouds

Estimated released energy: 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.3 | 103 km | 56 Km Al NOROESTE De MATIAS ROMERO, OAX, Mexico | SSN |
4.3 | 103 km | 46 Km WNW of San Juan Guichicovi, Mexico | EMSC |
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