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Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake - Oaxaca, 37 km northwest of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Chiapas, Mexico, on Monday, Jan 30, 2023 at 12:23 pm (GMT -6) -

Minor magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 150 km depth

31 Jan 02:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 8 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 30, 2023 18:23:32 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Monday, Jan 30, 2023 at 12:23 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.6
Depth	149.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	16.92°N / 93.96°W (Santa Maria Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico)
Antipode	16.92°S / 86.04°E
Shaking intensity	Not felt
Felt
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	El Chichón (92 km / 57 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) NE of Francisco Sarabia (pop: 51) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) NW of Emiliano Zapata (Chiapas) (pop: 1,510) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 37 km (23 mi) NW of Cintalapa de Figueroa (Chiapas) (pop: 42,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 39 km (25 mi) NNW of Lazaro Cardenas (Chiapas) (pop: 3,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (26 mi) SE of La Horqueta (Poblado Doce) (Veracruz) (pop: 1,490) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) SW of Raudales Malpaso (Chiapas) (pop: 6,820) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 294 km (183 mi) E of Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 613 km (381 mi) ESE of Mexico (Ciudad de México) (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.6 x 10¹⁰ joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.6	150 km	Mexico: 36 Km Al NOROESTE De CINTALAPA, CHIS	SSN
3.6	150 km	Chiapas, Mexico	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: COMITAN (CCIG/MX network) | Distance from quake: 207 km / 129 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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