Terremoto muy fuerte magnitud 6.3 - North Pacific Ocean, 197 km SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, martes, 01 ene. 1991

Terremoto muy fuerte magnitud 6.3 - North Pacific Ocean, 197 km SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, martes, 01 ene. 1991

Terremoto muy fuerte magnitud 6.3 at 35 km depth

Fecha & hora: 1 Jan 1991 00:06:31 UTC
Magnitud: 6.3
Profundidad: 35.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 18.068°N / 105.847°W (Océano Pacífico Norte, México)
Volcán mas cercano: Northern EPR-Segment RO2 (178 km / 111 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
170 km al SO de Arroyo Seco (pop: 358) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
187 km al SO de Cihuatlan (Cihuatlán) (pop: 18,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
197 km al SO de Manzanillo (pop: 130,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
228 km al OSO de Tecoman (pop: 85,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
245 km al SO de Autlan de Navarro (pop: 45,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
259 km al OSO de Colima (pop: 137,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
259 km al OSO de Ciudad de Villa de Alvarez (pop: 117,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
291 km al SSO de Pto Vallarta (pop: 203,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
387 km al SO de Guadalajara (pop: 1,495,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
724 km al O de Ciudad de México (pop: 12,294,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Energía liberada estimada: 1.8 x 1014 joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) More info
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MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 6.335 kmoff the coast of Jalisco, MexicoUSGS
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes):
  • 05 Jun 1991 19:27 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    68 km (42.3 mi) depth
    |
    69 km (43 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 01 Jan 1991 03:19 UTC
    | M 5.8 |
    36.4 km (22.6 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 01 Jan 1991 02:19 UTC
    | M 5.0 |
    33 km (20.5 mi) depth
    |
    33 km (20 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details

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