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Moderate mag. 3.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 58 km southeast of Juchitan de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Monday, Jan 30, 2023 at 2:55 am (GMT -6) -

Moderate magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 5 km depth

30 Jan 14:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 5 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 30, 2023 08:55:28 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Monday, Jan 30, 2023 at 2:55 am (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.8
Depth	5.4 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	16.05°N / 94.66°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Antipode	16.05°S / 85.34°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	El Chichón (211 km / 131 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	20 km (13 mi) S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo (pop: 4,030) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) SSE of San Dionisio del Mar (pop: 3,140) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (22 mi) S of Las Amilpas (pop: 8,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) SSW of San Francisco Ixhuatan (pop: 5,410) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 39 km (24 mi) ESE of San Mateo del Mar (pop: 5,730) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) SSE of Chicapa de Castro (pop: 3,140) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 58 km (36 mi) SE of Juchitan de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 604 km (375 mi) SE of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	3.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.8	5.4 km	Mexico: 51 Km Al SURESTE De UNION HIDALGO, OAX	SSN
3.8	5 km	OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO	EMSC
3.8	5 km	Oaxaca, Mexico	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: COMITAN (CCIG/MX network) | Distance from quake: 271 km / 168 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station COMITAN: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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