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Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, Mexico, on Thursday, Jan 20, 2022 at 1:09 pm (GMT -6) -

Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 16 km depth

20 Jan 19:16 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 7 minutes.
20 Jan 19:20: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 4.8. Epicenter location corrected by 5.8 km (3.6 mi) towards SSW.
20 Jan 19:26: Now using data updates from USGS
20 Jan 19:42: Now using data updates from SSN

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 20, 2022 19:09:07 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Jan 20, 2022 at 1:09 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5
Depth	16.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	15.37°N / 95.09°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Antipode	15.37°S / 84.91°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	622 km (387 mi) SE of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 25.1°C (77 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from NNW
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10¹² joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.0	16 km	Mexico: 90 Km Al SUR De SALINA CRUZ, OAX	SSN
4.7	23 km	Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico	GFZ
5.0	30 km	OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO	EMSC
5.2	8 km	Mexico: 60 Km Al Sureste De Salina Cruz, México	INETER
5.0	10 km	Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico	RaspberryShake
5.0	10 km	45 Km S of San Mateo Del Mar, Mexico	USGS
5.0	49 km	Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico	GeoAu

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGUH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 853 km / 530 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tegucigalpa, Honduras: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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San Vicente (701 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)

benito juárez / not felt : No lo senti (reported through our app)

La Crucecita / not felt

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (11 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Mar 17, 2022 06:51 45 weeks ago	4.0 16 km	North Pacific Ocean, 97 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Mar 7, 2022 21:39 47 weeks ago	3.8 25 km	North Pacific Ocean, 73 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 25, 2022 07:42 48 weeks ago	3.9 16 km	North Pacific Ocean, 85 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 17, 2022 07:12 49 weeks ago - felt	4.4 16 km	North Pacific Ocean, 83 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 14, 2022 10:38 50 weeks ago	3.5 16 km	North Pacific Ocean, 76 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 11, 2022 17:55 50 weeks ago	3.7 16 km	North Pacific Ocean, 84 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 10, 2022 08:53 50 weeks ago	3.6 62 km	North Pacific Ocean, 93 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 5, 2022 10:08 51 weeks ago	3.6 16 km	North Pacific Ocean, 85 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 3, 2022 08:35 51 weeks ago	4.0 16 km	North Pacific Ocean, 81 km S of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Jan 24, 2022 08:11 1 year 1 weeks ago	3.8 16 km	North Pacific Ocean, Mexico	More
Jan 21, 2022 07:12 1 year 1 weeks ago	3.7 36 km	North Pacific Ocean, Mexico	More

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