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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 215 km west of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 11:33 pm (GMT -7) -

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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 215 km west of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 11:33 pm (GMT -7)

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

18 Mar 06:52 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 18 minutes.
18 Mar 08:56: Now using data updates from SSN

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Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 18, 2023 06:33:44 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 11:33 pm (GMT -7)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	18.65°N / 106.32°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Antipode	18.65°S / 73.68°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	161 km (100 mi) WSW of Jardines Playa Rosa (pop: 22) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 182 km (113 mi) WSW of Melaque (San Patricio) (pop: 7,570) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 182 km (113 mi) SW of Tomatlan (Tomatlán) (pop: 9,030) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 196 km (122 mi) WSW of Cihuatlan (Cihuatlán) (pop: 18,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 215 km (133 mi) WSW of Manzanillo (pop: 130,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 240 km (149 mi) WSW of Autlan de Navarro (pop: 45,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 267 km (166 mi) SW of El Salto (pop: 22,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 761 km (473 mi) W of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	10 km	Mexico: 196 Km Al SUROESTE De CIHUATLAN, JAL	SSN
4.2	10 km	OFF COAST OF JALISCO, MEXICO	EMSC
4.2	10 km	Off Coast of Jalisco, Mexico	RaspberryShake

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Seismic station: Morelia, Mich, MX (MOIG/MX network) | Distance from quake: 546 km / 339 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Morelia, Mich, MX: 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: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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