Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 22 km southeast of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday, Jul 1, 2022 at 12:46 pm (GMT -5) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 7 km depth
1 Jul 18:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 20 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 1, 2022 17:46:44 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, Jul 1, 2022 at 12:46 pm (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 7.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16°N / 95.09°W  (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16°S / 84.91°E |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | El Chichón (249 km / 155 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 21 km (13 mi) S of Colonia Cuauhtémoc (pop: 749) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Salina Cruz (pop: 76,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) SSW of San Mateo del Mar (pop: 5,730) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) SSE of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Tehuantepec) (pop: 42,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) SSE of San Blas Atempa (pop: 12,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 49 km (30 mi) S of Juchitan de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 62 km (39 mi) S of Ixtepec (pop: 25,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 573 km (356 mi) SE of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  30.3°C (87 F), humidity: 67%, wind: 6 m/s (11 kts) from NNE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 7 km | Mexico: 24 Km Al SURESTE De SALINA CRUZ, OAX | SSN |
| 4.0 | 7 km | OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO | EMSC |
| 4.0 | 7 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | RaspberryShake |
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