Weak mag. 3.4 earthquake - 42 km northeast of Crucecita, Santa Maria Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday, Jul 5, 2022 at 12:58 am (GMT -5) -
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes here | Quakes in Mexico | Oaxaca | Mexico D.F.


Weak magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 53 km depth
5 Jul 13:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 7 hours.
Earthquake details
Date & time | Jul 5, 2022 05:58:33 UTC - |
Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, Jul 5, 2022 at 12:58 am (GMT -5) |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 3.4 |
Depth | 53.0 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 15.96°N / 95.8°W ![]() |
Antipode | 15.96°S / 84.2°E |
Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
Nearby towns and cities | 4 km (3 mi) NW of Limon (pop: 75) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) ESE of Guadalupe Victoria (pop: 935) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 14 km (8 mi) WSW of Santiago Astata (pop: 2,210) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Santa Maria Zapotitlan (pop: 1,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) ESE of Merced del Potrero (pop: 2,180) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) ENE of Crucecita (pop: 15,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 158 km (98 mi) SE of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 523 km (325 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 |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
3.4 | 53 km | Mexico: 41 Km Al NORESTE De CRUCECITA, OAX | SSN |
3.4 | 53 km | Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico | RaspberryShake |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!