Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Los Amarillos, 12 km east of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce) (Uxpanapa), Veracruz, Mexico, on Monday, 23 Nov 2020 9:49 pm (GMT -6) -

Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Los Amarillos, 12 km east of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce) (Uxpanapa), Veracruz, Mexico, on Monday, 23 Nov 2020 9:49 pm (GMT -6)

Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 182 km depth

24 Nov 04:02 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 13 minutes.
24 Nov 04:14: Now using data updates from SSN
Update Tue, 24 Nov 2020, 04:09
Light 4.4 quake hits near Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
4.4 quake 23 Nov 9:49 pm (GMT -6)
4.4 quake 23 Nov 9:49 pm (GMT -6)
An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred only 20 minutes ago 94 km southeast of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
The quake hit at an intermediate to considerable depth of 168 km beneath the epicenter near Enrique López Huitrón in the evening on Monday 23 November 2020 at 9.49 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service at VolcanoDiscovery identified a second report from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.4 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Enrique López Huitrón (pop. 200) located 1 km from the epicenter, Tecozautla (pop. 200) 2 km away, La Libertad (pop. 300) 5 km away, Los Aztecas (pop. 100) 5 km away, El Desengaño (pop. 500) 6 km away, Cárdenas (pop. 85,400) 88 km away, Minatitlán (pop. 150,900) 89 km away, and Coatzacoalcos (pop. 230,700) 94 km away.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 24 Nov 2020 03:49:01 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Monday, 23 Nov 2020 9:49 pm (GMT -6)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 182.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.18°N / 94.09°W (Uxpanapa, Veracruz, Mexico)
Nearest volcano: El Chichón (78 km / 48 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
1 km (0 mi) NNE of Nuevo Cordoba (pop: 118) --> See nearby quakes!
11 km (7 mi) SE of Colonia del Valle (Poblado Trece) (pop: 402) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) E of Jorge L. Tamayo (pop: 132) --> See nearby quakes!
20 km (12 mi) WNW of La Esperanza (Oaxaca) (pop: 725) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) SW of El Desengaño (pop: 349) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) ESE of Helio Garcia Alfaro (pop: 1,630) --> See nearby quakes!
24 km (15 mi) S of El Progreso (pop: 111) --> See nearby quakes!
26 km (16 mi) NNW of Cal y Mayor (Oaxaca) (pop: 543) --> See nearby quakes!
397 km (246 mi) SE of Xalapa (pop: 424,800) --> See nearby quakes!
588 km (365 mi) ESE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Light Rain 20.4°C (69 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from NNW
Primary data source: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 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 4.5182 km- 35 km NE of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce), MexicoSSN
M 4.5175 km33 Km NE of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce), MexicoUSGS
M 4.5175 kmVERACRUZ, MEXICOEMSC

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Mag. 4.5 earthquake - Los Amarillos, 12 km east of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce) (Uxpanapa), Veracruz, Mexico, on Monday, 23 Nov 2020 9:49 pm (GMT -6)

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