Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - 61 km northwest of Matias Romero Avendaño, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 1:28 pm (GMT -5) -
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Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 110 km depth
20 May 18:51 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 22 minutes.
20 May 18:56: Now using data updates from SSN
20 May 18:56: Now using data updates from SSN
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 20, 2022 18:28:56 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, May 20, 2022 at 1:28 pm (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.1 |
| Depth | 110.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 17.31°N / 95.4°W  (San Juan Mazatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 17.31°S / 84.6°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | San Martín (142 km / 88 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 4 km (3 mi) SW of Constitucion Mexicana (pop: 1,220) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) S of Maria Lombardo de Caso (pop: 3,860) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) SW of El Porvenir (pop: 1,580) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) WNW of Palomares (pop: 3,760) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 44 km (27 mi) ENE of San Juan Cotzocon (pop: 3,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 61 km (38 mi) NW of Matias Romero Avendaño (Matías Romero Avendaño) (pop: 18,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 143 km (89 mi) ENE of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 459 km (285 mi) ESE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  40.4°C (105 F), humidity: 22%, wind: 5 m/s (11 kts) from SE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.1 | 110 km | Mexico: 61 Km Al NOROESTE De MATIAS ROMERO, OAX | SSN |
| 4.1 | 110 km | OAXACA, MEXICO | EMSC |
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