Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 34 km south of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Saturday, Jul 2, 2022 at 11:43 pm (GMT -5) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 3 km depth
3 Jul 05:07 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 24 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 3, 2022 04:43:30 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Jul 2, 2022 at 11:43 pm (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 3.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 16.04°N / 97.98°W  (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 16.04°S / 82.02°E |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 13 km (8 mi) W of Tuza (Santiago Jamiltepec) (pop: 251) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) S of Collantes (pop: 2,240) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) SSW of Santiago (pop: 10,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 33 km (20 mi) S of San Andrés Huaxpaltepec (pop: 4,150) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) SSE of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) S of Pinotepa de Don Luis (pop: 5,690) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 58 km (36 mi) W of Rio Grande (pop: 12,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 396 km (246 mi) SSE of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Scattered Clouds  27.9°C (82 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from WNW |
| 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 | 3 km | OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO | EMSC |
| 4.0 | 3 km | Mexico: 34 Km Al SUR De PINOTEPA NACIONAL, OAX | SSN |
| 4.0 | 3 km | Oaxaca, Mexico | RaspberryShake |
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