Minor mag. 2.9 earthquake - 9.9 km southeast of Comalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, on Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 at 2:03 am (GMT -5) -
Updated: Tue, Aug 9, 2022 00:43 GMT -
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Minor magnitude 2.9 earthquake at 194 km depth
6 Aug 07:14 UTC: First to report: INETER after 11 minutes.
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Earthquake details
| Date & time | Aug 6, 2022 07:03:21 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 at 2:03 am (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.9 |
| Depth | 194.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 15.577°N / 92.106°W  (Amatenango de la Frontera, Chiapas, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 15.577°S / 87.894°E |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | INETER |
| Nearest volcano | Tacana (50 km / 31 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 2 km (1 mi) ENE of Los Angeles (pop: 140) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Comalapa (pop: 18,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) E of Bella Vista (pop: 1,670) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) SW of Paso Hondo (pop: 3,650) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) NE of Porvenir (pop: 1,440) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Motozintla (pop: 23,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 170 km (106 mi) SE of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop: 537,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 859 km (534 mi) ESE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  15.8°C (60 F), humidity: 90%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SSE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 109 joules (392 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.9 | 194 km | Mexico: 65 Km Al Noreste De Pueblo Nuevo, México | INETER |
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