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Light mag. 3.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 22 km southeast of San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico, on Wednesday, Feb 1, 2023 at 12:19 pm (GMT -6) -

Light magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 11 km depth

2 Feb 02:00 UTC: First to report: SSN after 8 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Feb 1, 2023 18:19:41 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Feb 1, 2023 at 12:19 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.1
Depth	11.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	16.62°N / 99.3°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Antipode	16.62°S / 80.7°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	4 km (2 mi) S of La Barra de Santa Rosa (pop: 16) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Las Vigas (pop: 4,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) SSE of San Marcos (pop: 13,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) WSW of Florencio Villarreal (Cruz Grande) (pop: 11,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) W of Copala (pop: 6,620) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) WSW of Cuautepec (pop: 3,570) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 44 km (27 mi) SSW of Ayutla de los Libres (pop: 15,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 313 km (194 mi) S of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2.8 x 10⁹ joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.1	11 km	Mexico: 21 Km Al SURESTE De SAN MARCOS, GRO	SSN
3.1	11 km	Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: TLAPA (TLIG/MX network) | Distance from quake: 131 km / 81 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station TLAPA: 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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Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900

Date and time GMT	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 15, 1907 06:08 116 years ago	7.8 30 km	213km / 132mi	12 km SW of Santo Domingo Teojomulco, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Jan 14, 1903 01:47 120 years ago	7.7 0 km	228km / 141mi	138 km SW of Puerto Escondido, San Pedro Mixtepec -Dto. 22 -, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Sep 21, 1985 01:37 38 years ago	7.6 31 km	282km / 175mi	20 km NW of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Mar 14, 1979 11:07 44 years ago	7.6 49 km	248km / 154mi	35 km NE of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jul 28, 1957 08:40 66 years ago	7.6 38 km	53km / 33mi	4.5 km SE of Acalmani, Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Oct 9, 1928 03:01 95 years ago	7.5 25 km	198km / 123mi	4.8 km N of Santa Maria Acatepec, Mexico	More
Jul 30, 1909 10:51 114 years ago	7.5 20 km	21km / 13mi	66 km SE of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Mar 20, 2012 18:02 11 years ago	7.4 20 km	115km / 71mi	6.3 km E of Santiago Llano Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Sep 14, 1995 14:04 28 years ago	7.4 23 km	77km / 48mi	22 km NW of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Feb 22, 1943 09:20 80 years ago	7.4 20 km	247km / 153mi	23 km SE of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Dec 23, 1937 13:18 85 years ago	7.4 25 km	101km / 63mi	3.3 km NE of Cochoapa, Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Aug 2, 1968 14:06 55 years ago	7.3 25 km	167km / 104mi	3.2 km NW of El Huamuche, Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Jul 6, 1964 07:22 59 years ago	7.3 93 km	218km / 136mi	5.1 km SW of San Antonio de las Liebres, Mexico	More
Dec 16, 1911 19:14 111 years ago	7.3 30 km	95km / 59mi	4.3 km S of Las Compuertas, Coyuca de Benitez, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Apr 18, 2014 14:27 9 years ago	7.2 24 km	192km / 119mi	4.5 km W of La Laguna, Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Aug 4, 1928 18:26 95 years ago	7.2 20 km	135km / 84mi	41 km SW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Sep 8, 2021 01:47 1 year 28 weeks ago	7.1 10 km	69km / 43mi	North Pacific Ocean, 8 km S of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Sep 19, 2017 18:14 6 years ago	7.1 56 km	233km / 144mi	1.7 km S of Casa Blanca (Cuyotliapa), Puebla, Mexico	More
Feb 25, 1996 03:08 27 years ago	7.1 21 km	149km / 93mi	40 km S of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Dec 14, 1950 14:15 72 years ago	7.1 35 km	88km / 55mi	0.9 km SW of Igualapa, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Feb 16, 2018 23:39 5 years ago	7.0 10 km	171km / 106mi	13 km SW of Llano Tigre, Santiago Amoltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Jun 15, 1999 20:42 24 years ago	7.0 70 km	279km / 173mi	Zapotitlan, 9.6 km SW of Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico	More
Jun 7, 1982 10:59 41 years ago	7.0 34 km	101km / 63mi	16 km S of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 11, 1962 14:11 61 years ago	7.0 25 km	60km / 37mi	1.6 km S of Ejido Nuevo, Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jul 19, 1997 14:22 26 years ago	6.9 33 km	120km / 75mi	17 km W of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Apr 25, 1989 14:29 34 years ago	6.9 19 km	17km / 11mi	62 km E of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jun 7, 1982 06:52 41 years ago	6.9 41 km	123km / 76mi	San Juan Cacahuatepec, 31 km N of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Apr 18, 2002 05:02 21 years ago	6.8 25 km	172km / 107mi	36 km SW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jul 15, 1996 21:23 27 years ago	6.8 18 km	208km / 129mi	33 km E of Petatlan, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 19, 1962 14:58 61 years ago	6.8 25 km	53km / 33mi	1.6 km SW of San Isidro Gallinero (El Gallinero), Mexico	More
Jan 28, 1934 19:10 89 years ago	6.8 30 km	65km / 40mi	La Roqueta, 6.9 km E of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Oct 24, 1993 07:52 29 years ago	6.7 21 km	64km / 40mi	San Luis Acatlan, 34 km W of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 8, 1933 10:33 90 years ago	6.7 30 km	195km / 121mi	13 km NE of Papanoa, Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jan 26, 1979 10:04 44 years ago	6.6 41 km	190km / 118mi	76 km E of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 24, 1959 19:17 64 years ago	6.6 65 km	246km / 153mi	1.3 km NW of Santa Catarina Adéquez, Asuncion Nochixtlan, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Jan 10, 1944 20:09 79 years ago	6.6 15 km	163km / 102mi	0.5 km SE of Carrizal Cinta Larga, Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Dec 11, 2011 01:47 11 years ago	6.5 59 km	161km / 100mi	2.4 km SW of Balsas Sur, Eduardo Neri, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 22, 1997 07:50 26 years ago	6.5 70 km	335km / 208mi	Churumuco, 94 km SE of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico	More
Dec 10, 1994 16:17 28 years ago	6.5 48 km	278km / 173mi	Coahuayutla de José Maria Izazaga, 58 km N of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico	More
Jul 4, 1994 21:36 29 years ago	6.5 15 km	286km / 178mi	112 km S of Puerto Escondido, San Pedro Mixtepec -Dto. 22 -, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Dec 28, 1951 09:20 71 years ago	6.5 31 km	46km / 28mi	0.8 km E of Bocachahue, Cuautepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jan 2, 1938 22:27 85 years ago	6.5 25 km	96km / 60mi	12 km SW of Llano Grande, Santiago Tapextla, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
May 8, 2014 17:00 9 years ago	6.4 24 km	167km / 104mi	19 km N of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jul 2, 1984 04:50 39 years ago	6.4 47 km	94km / 58mi	Igualapa, 13 km N of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Oct 24, 1980 14:53 42 years ago	6.4 72 km	210km / 130mi	49 km SE of Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico	More
Mar 19, 1978 01:39 45 years ago	6.4 36 km	65km / 40mi	27 km NE of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jun 7, 1976 14:26 47 years ago	6.4 45 km	167km / 104mi	20 km N of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Feb 4, 1970 05:08 53 years ago	6.4 10 km	126km / 78mi	152 km S of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jun 30, 2010 07:22 13 years ago	6.3 20 km	164km / 102mi	2.9 km E of San Agustin, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Jun 21, 1999 17:43 24 years ago	6.3 69 km	304km / 189mi	Coahuayutla de José Maria Izazaga, Guerrero, 82 km NE of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico	More
May 23, 1994 01:41 29 years ago	6.3 55 km	216km / 134mi	26 km SE of Ciudad Altamirano, Pungarabato, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Feb 25, 1996 09:17 27 years ago	6.2 12 km	156km / 97mi	Santa Maria Huazolotitlan, 28 km SE of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico	More
Jul 15, 1987 07:16 36 years ago	6.2 67 km	249km / 155mi	68 km NW of Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Apr 23, 1975 11:14 48 years ago	6.2 11 km	46km / 28mi	60 km SW of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Aug 11, 2006 14:30 17 years ago	6.1 56 km	283km / 176mi	19 km SW of Huetamo de Nuñez, Michoacan, Mexico	More
Jan 1, 2004 23:31 19 years ago	6.1 29 km	234km / 145mi	6.7 km SW of Petatlan, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 15, 1993 03:12 30 years ago	6.1 21 km	97km / 60mi	1.6 km NE of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Dec 11, 2022 14:31 15 weeks ago	6.0 14 km	153km / 95mi	10 km S of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Feb 17, 2018 00:36 5 years ago	6.0 10 km	167km / 104mi	7.2 km S of Patria Nueva, Santiago Jamiltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
May 10, 2014 07:36 9 years ago	6.0 23 km	172km / 107mi	10.6 km E of san luis de la loma, Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Nov 15, 2012 09:20 10 years ago	6.0 61 km	229km / 142mi	14 km NW of Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Apr 2, 2012 17:36 11 years ago	6.0 9 km	108km / 67mi	7.1 km SW of Santa Maria Cortijo, Santiago Llano Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Apr 13, 2007 05:42 16 years ago	6.0 34 km	122km / 76mi	27 km NE of Atoyac de Alvarez, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Apr 20, 1998 22:59 25 years ago	6.0 67 km	293km / 182mi	Guerrero, 34 km W of Huetamo de Nuñez, Michoacan, Mexico	More
Dec 16, 1997 11:48 25 years ago	6.0 10 km	74km / 46mi	80 km SW of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Nov 13, 1993 00:16 29 years ago	6.0 20 km	80km / 50mi	51 km SW of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 15, 1993 03:09 30 years ago	6.0 20 km	94km / 59mi	2.1 km SW of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 31, 1990 07:35 33 years ago	6.0 23 km	166km / 103mi	9.3 km NW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Sep 15, 1985 07:57 38 years ago	6.0 65 km	273km / 170mi	Santa Maria Tecomavaca, Oaxaca, 60 km SE of Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico	More
Oct 8, 2001 03:39 21 years ago	5.9 10 km	88km / 55mi	24 km NW of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jul 21, 1959 12:29 64 years ago	5.9 20 km	152km / 95mi	27 km S of Collantes, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
May 2, 1958 20:29 65 years ago	5.9 20 km	34km / 21mi	79 km SE of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Aug 4, 1957 14:16 66 years ago	5.9 25 km	68km / 42mi	29 km S of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jan 3, 1952 10:05 71 years ago	5.9 25 km	85km / 53mi	1.4 km NW of Buena Vista, San Luis Acatlan, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Mar 10, 2014 00:38 9 years ago	5.8 10 km	126km / 78mi	North Pacific Ocean, 20 km SW of Corralero, Mexico	More
Apr 27, 2009 16:46 14 years ago	5.8 35 km	48km / 30mi	San Marcos, 2.4 km NW of Pochotillo, Tecoanapa, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Apr 28, 2008 00:06 15 years ago	5.8 57 km	165km / 102mi	San Miguel Totolapan, 78 km NW of Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Apr 1, 1991 07:34 32 years ago	5.8 21 km	120km / 74mi	30 km SW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 22, 1975 00:47 48 years ago	5.8 40 km	150km / 93mi	17 km N of Atoyac de Alvarez, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jan 2, 1972 21:57 51 years ago	5.8 15 km	125km / 78mi	50 km SW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Feb 3, 1968 05:36 55 years ago	5.8 25 km	25km / 16mi	17 km SE of Lomas de Chapultepec, Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Apr 3, 1965 11:20 58 years ago	5.8 10 km	160km / 100mi	60 km S of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Nov 30, 1962 21:51 60 years ago	5.8 45 km	84km / 52mi	6.6 km W of San José del Ciruelar, Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Mar 11, 1958 23:53 65 years ago	5.8 20 km	60km / 37mi	72 km SW of Copala, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Aug 4, 1957 06:06 66 years ago	5.8 15 km	83km / 52mi	72 km S of San Andrés Playa Encantada (El Podrido), Mexico	More
Jan 30, 1951 19:00 72 years ago	5.8 15 km	56km / 35mi	53 km S of Copala, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Dec 26, 1950 13:51 72 years ago	5.8 20 km	105km / 65mi	76 km SW of Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Mar 20, 2021 03:06 2 years ago	5.7 19 km	40km / 25mi	66 km SW of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 5, 2011 13:24 12 years ago	5.7 24 km	75km / 47mi	5.9 km N of Azoyu, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Feb 1, 1976 11:14 47 years ago	5.7 52 km	113km / 70mi	47 km NW of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jul 16, 1973 18:12 50 years ago	5.7 44 km	166km / 103mi	13 km NW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Dec 9, 1970 08:02 52 years ago	5.7 10 km	65km / 41mi	95 km SE of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jan 4, 1958 08:02 65 years ago	5.7 25 km	37km / 23mi	Acapulco de Juarez, 7.8 km SW of Tamarindo, San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Apr 2, 1952 18:34 71 years ago	5.7 15 km	54km / 34mi	51 km S of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Nov 23, 2015 20:41 7 years ago	5.6 37 km	69km / 43mi	3.1 km S of Metlapilapa, Tlacoapa, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 24, 2014 08:24 9 years ago	5.6 12 km	122km / 76mi	1.2 km SW of San Sebastian Ixcapa, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Mar 27, 1996 12:34 27 years ago	5.6 29 km	132km / 82mi	San Miguel Tlacamama, 8.6 km N of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico	More
Oct 30, 1995 14:47 27 years ago	5.6 33 km	100km / 62mi	Cuajinicuilapa, 26 km S of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico	More
May 11, 1990 23:43 33 years ago	5.6 28 km	164km / 102mi	8.6 km NW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Jul 18, 1974 19:21 49 years ago	5.6 48 km	112km / 70mi	59 km SE of Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero, Mexico	More

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