Light mag. 3.7 earthquake - 22 km east of Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:32 pm (GMT -5) -
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Light magnitude 3.7 earthquake at 27 km depth
23 May 01:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 5 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 22, 2022 20:32:54 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:32 pm (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.7 |
| Depth | 27.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.33°N / 96.39°W  (San Cristobal Amatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16.33°S / 83.61°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 1 km (1 mi) ESE of Rancho los Sabinos (pop: 104) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) WNW of San Pedro Mixtepec (pop: 3,820) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) ENE of Santa Catarina Roatina (pop: 1,690) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) E of Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz (Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz) (pop: 23,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) S of Santa Maria Zoquitlan (pop: 1,690) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) SE of Ejutla de Crespo (pop: 9,750) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) SSE of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 450 km (280 mi) SE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.2 x 1010 joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.7 | 27 km | Mexico: 22 Km Al ESTE De MIAHUATLAN, OAX | SSN |
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