Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 85 km south of Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico, on 2020-10-07 23:18:57 (Hora de México) -

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 85 km south of Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico, on 2020-10-07 23:18:57 (Hora de México)

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 61 km depth

8 Oct 04:35 UTC: First to report: SSN after 16 minutes.
Date & time: 8 Oct 2020 04:18:57 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2020-10-07 23:18:57 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 61.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.26°N / 94.76°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: San Martín (152 km / 94 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
16 km (10 mi) W of Hermanos Cedillo (Uxpanapa) (pop: 1,220)
22 km (14 mi) NE of Cuauhtémoc (Matías Romero Avendaño, Oaxaca) (pop: 2,260)
28 km (17 mi) SE of Suchilapan del Río (Jesús Carranza) (pop: 2,490)
33 km (20 mi) W of Poblado 10 (Uxpanapa) (pop: 3,320)
78 km (49 mi) SE of Acayucan (pop: 47,000)
85 km (53 mi) SW of Minatitlán (pop: 150,900)
184 km (114 mi) NW of Tuxtla (Chiapas) (pop: 481,100)
520 km (323 mi) SE of Mexico City (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 21.3°C (70 F), humidity: 86%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from S
Primary data source: SSN
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.061 km52 Km Al NORESTE De MATIAS ROMERO, OAX, MexicoSSN
M 4.061 km49 Km NE of San Juan Guichicovi, MexicoEMSC

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