Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 103 km northwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, on 2020-10-09 16:50:54 (Hora de México) -

Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 103 km northwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, on 2020-10-09 16:50:54 (Hora de México)

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 63 km depth

9 Oct 22:07 UTC: First to report: INETER after 16 minutes.
9 Oct 22:14: Now using data updates from SSN
Date & time: 9 Oct 2020 09:50:54 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2020-10-09 16:50:54 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.2
Depth: 63.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.27°N / 93.14°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: Tacana (91 km / 57 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
17 km (10 mi) WSW of Las Bugambilias (pop: 13)
31 km (20 mi) SW of Mapastepec (pop: 17,900)
34 km (21 mi) WNW of La Palma (pop: 678)
47 km (29 mi) S of Pijijiapan (pop: 16,900)
52 km (32 mi) W of Escuintla (pop: 9,570)
74 km (46 mi) W of Huixtla (pop: 32,000)
166 km (103 mi) S of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop: 537,100)
786 km (488 mi) SE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Light Rain 27.4°C (81 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from S
Primary data source: SSN
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 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 4.263 km33 Km Al SUROESTE De MAPASTEPEC, CHIS, MexicoSSN
M 4.263 kmOffshore Chiapas, MexicoEMSC
M 4.184 km3 Km Al Noreste De Mapastepec, México, MexicoINETER

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