Minor mag. 3.5 earthquake - 13 km west of Acapetahua, Chiapas, Mexico, on 2020-11-23 03:24:26 (Hora de México)
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Minor magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 109 km depth
23 Nov 14:00 UTC: First to report: SSN after 5 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Nov 23, 2020 09:24:26 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | 2020-11-23 03:24:26 (Hora de México) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Depth | 109.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 15.26°N / 92.81°W  (Acapetahua, Chiapas, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 15.26°S / 87.19°E |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | Tacana (76 km / 47 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 1 km (1 mi) WSW of Absalon Castellanos Dominguez (pop: 481) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 15 km (10 mi) NW of El Arenal (pop: 1,160) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) WSW of Escuintla (pop: 9,570) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 22 km (13 mi) SSE of Mapastepec (pop: 17,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) W of Pueblo Nuevo (San Juan) (pop: 7,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) NW of Francisco I. Madero (pop: 1,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 39 km (25 mi) WNW of Huixtla (pop: 32,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) SE of Pijijiapan (pop: 16,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 170 km (106 mi) SSE of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop: 537,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 815 km (507 mi) ESE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.5 | 109 km | 22 Km Al SURESTE De MAPASTEPEC, CHIS, Mexico | SSN |
| 3.5 | 109 km | CHIAPAS, MEXICO | EMSC |
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