Minor mag. 3.4 earthquake - 24 km west of Jalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 1:58 am (GMT -5) -
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Minor magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 86 km depth
24 May 13:14 UTC: First to report: SSN after 6 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 24, 2022 06:58:34 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 1:58 am (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.4 |
| Depth | 86.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.46°N / 95.69°W  (Magdalena Tequisistlan, Oaxaca, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16.46°S / 84.31°E |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | San Martín (241 km / 150 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 7 km (4 mi) SSW of El Sauce (pop: 82) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 12 km (7 mi) NW of Magdalena Tequisistlan (pop: 3,830) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) W of Jalapa (pop: 8,290) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) SSW of Santiago Lachiguiri (pop: 1,650) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (23 mi) ESE of El Camaron (pop: 2,170) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) SW of Santa Maria Guenagati (pop: 1,490) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 129 km (80 mi) ESE of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 491 km (305 mi) SE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.4 | 86 km | Mexico: 50 Km Al NOROESTE De TEHUANTEPEC, OAX | SSN |
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