Weak mag. 3.0 earthquake - Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday, Jan 21, 2022 at 4:44 pm (GMT -6) -
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Weak magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 15 km depth
22 Jan 02:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 3 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 21, 2022 22:44:43 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, Jan 21, 2022 at 4:44 pm (GMT -6) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3 |
| Depth | 15.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.07°N / 97.71°W  (Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16.07°S / 82.29°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 1 km (0 mi) WNW of La Perla (Los Reyes) (pop: 12) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) WSW of La Luz (pop: 2,440) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) SSE of Santiago (pop: 10,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Jose Maria Morelos (pop: 2,330) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) WNW of Rio Grande (pop: 12,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) SSW of Tataltepec de Valdés (pop: 2,270) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 36 km (23 mi) SE of San Andrés Huaxpaltepec (pop: 4,150) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) SE of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 153 km (95 mi) SW of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 403 km (250 mi) SSE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.0 | 15 km | Mexico: 30 Km Al OESTE De RIO GRANDE, OAX | SSN |
| 3.0 | 15 km | OAXACA, MEXICO | EMSC |
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