Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - 77 km northwest of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico, on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 5:45 am (GMT -5) -

Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 35 km depth

29 May 10:55 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 11 minutes.
29 May 11:07: Now using data updates from SSN

Update Sun, 29 May 2022, 11:12

Moderate 4.7 quake hits near Lazaro Cardenas, Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacan, Mexico

4.7 quake 29 May 5:45 am (GMT -5)

Just 27 minutes ago, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Lazaro Cardenas, Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacan, Mexico. The tremor was recorded early morning on Sunday, May 29th, 2022, at 5:45 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 35 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake. A third agency, the United States Geological Survey, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.5.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in La Coralilla (pop. 29) located 3 km from the epicenter, Aguililla (pop. 8,800) 47 km away, Arteaga (pop. 10,500) 59 km away, Matamoros (pop. 10,800) 60 km away, La Orilla (pop. 20,100) 75 km away, and Las Guacamayas (pop. 38,000) 75 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Lazaro Cardenas (pop. 79,200) located 77 km from the epicenter, and Tepalcatepec (pop. 15,200) 96 km away.
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Earthquake data

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 29, 2022 10:45:13 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 5:45 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.7
Depth	35.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	18.32°N / 102.85°W (Arteaga, Michoacan, Mexico)
Antipode	18.32°S / 77.15°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	3 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	Michoacán-Guanajuato (145 km / 90 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) NW of La Coralilla (pop: 29) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) S of Aguililla (Michoacán de Ocampo) (pop: 8,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 75 km (47 mi) WNW of La Orilla (pop: 20,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 75 km (47 mi) WNW of Las Guacamayas (pop: 38,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 77 km (48 mi) WNW of Lazaro Cardenas (Michoacán de Ocampo) (pop: 79,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 96 km (60 mi) S of Tepalcatepec (pop: 15,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 233 km (145 mi) SW of Morelia (Michoacán de Ocampo) (pop: 597,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 411 km (255 mi) WSW of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 18.5°C (65 F), humidity: 69%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from NNE
Estimated seismic energy released	7.1 x 10¹¹ joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 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
4.7	35 km	Mexico: 60 Km Al SURESTE De COALCOMAN, MICH	SSN
4.5	81 km	22 Km ESE of Aguililla, Mexico	USGS
4.5	80 km	MICHOACAN, MEXICO	EMSC
4.5	81 km	Michoacan, Mexico	RaspberryShake
4.6	93 km	Michoacan, Mexico	GFZ

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