Get our newsletter!
Check out our volcano tours on VolcanoAdventures.com!
Volcanoes & Earthquakes - new app for Android
Our New Book
Volcano Discoveries: "One of the most eye-catching guides to the world’s volcanoes ever published.
Volcano Tours
Our expert volcanologists and photographers offer unique travel experiences: volcano expeditions, photo tours, and relaxed walking & study tours.
Guaranteed tours
8-16 May 2021: From Stromboli to Etna - Sicila and Eolian Islands (Italy)
: spaces available / : guaranteed / : few spaces left / : booked out
Interactive map of latest earthquakes and active volcanoes in the world

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 55 Km Al SUROESTE De TONALA, CHIS, Mexico on Friday, 16 October 2020

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 55 Km Al SUROESTE De TONALA, CHIS, Mexico on Friday, 16 October 2020
16 Oct 20:41 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 17 minutes.
16 Oct 20:42: Now using data updates from SSN
Date & time: Friday, 16 October 2020 20:23 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2020-10-16 15:23:58 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 11.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.63°N / 93.96°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: Tacana (206 km / 128 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
37 km (23 mi) SW of Playa del Sol (pop: 100)
37 km (23 mi) SW of Puerto Arista (pop: 900)
39 km (24 mi) SW of Medio Monte (pop: 300)
155 km (96 mi) SW of Tuxtla (pop: 481,100)
200 km (124 mi) NW of Tapachula (pop: 198,000)
692 km (430 mi) SE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Scattered Clouds 28.8°C (84 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from WSW
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]
If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience and submit a short "I felt it" report! Other users would love to hear about it!
Also if you did NOT feel the quake although you were in the area, please report it! Your contribution is valuable also to earthquake science and earthquake hazard analysis and mitigation efforts. You can use your device location or the map to indicate where you were during the earthquake. Thank you!

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.
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource
2020-10-16 15:23:58 (Hora de México) (16 Oct 20:23:58 UTC)M 4.0 / 11 km55 Km Al SUROESTE De TONALA, CHIS, MexicoSSN
Fri, 16 Oct 20:23 UTCM 4.0 / 11 kmOffshore Chiapas, MexicoEMSC

User reports for this quake

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it be the first to report it!
to top

Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 55 Km Al SUROESTE De TONALA, CHIS, Mexico on Friday, 16 October 2020

Map of earlier quakes

to top

More on VolcanoDiscovery

Kamchatka volcanoes
Kamchatka volcano tour Sep 2017 - tour diary: Impressions from our tour to Kamchatka's volcanoes: remote Karymsky, Gorely, Mutnovsky, Uzon and Valley of Geysers, Klyuchevskoy volcano and more.
Major quakes
See all major earthquakes in the past month
Volcano Videos
Visit our video channel on youtube!
Lava lakes
Photos from lava lakes in the world: Erta Ale, Nyiragongo, Hawaii, Vanuatu
 
Why is there advertising on this site?

Support us!

Maintaining the website and our free apps is a time- and cost-intensive effort.
If you find the information useful and would like to support our team to develop further features and get the upgraded ad-free version, consider making a donation (PayPal or Online cc payment).
Planned features:
  • Weather reports
  • Tsunami alerts
  • Design upgrades
Thanks to your past donations, these features have been added recently:
  • Earthquake archive back to 1900
  • Additional data sources
Download and Upgrade the Volcanoes & Earthquakes app to get one of the fastest seismic and volcano alerts online:
Android | IOS
Thank you!
Copyrights: VolcanoDiscovery and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Most texts and images, in particular photographs, on this website are protected by copyright. Further reproduction and use of without authorization is usually not consented. If you are not sure or need licensing rights for photographs, for example for publications and commercial use, please contact us.