Terremoto leve mag. 4.5 - North Pacific Ocean, 42 km W of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, miércoles, 17 feb. 2021 -

Terremoto leve mag. 4.5 - North Pacific Ocean, 42 km W of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, miércoles, 17 feb. 2021

Terremoto leve magnitud 4.5 at 101 km depth

17 Feb 15:35 UTC: Primero en informar: INETER después de 7 minutos.
17 Feb 15:56: Ahora usando una nueva fuente de datos: SSN
Update Wed, 17 Feb 2021, 15:57
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes near Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
4.5 quake 17 Feb 9:27 am (GMT -6)
4.5 quake 17 Feb 9:27 am (GMT -6)
Just 29 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Wednesday 17 February 2021 at 9:27 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 101 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.5 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include San José el Hueyate (Barra de San José) (pop. 760) located 3 km from the epicenter, Mazatan (pop. 6,800) 22 km away, Huixtla (pop. 32,000) 32 km away, Puerto Madero (pop. 9,600) 33 km away, Tapachula (pop. 202,700) 42 km away, Cacahoatan (pop. 16,600) 53 km away, Mapastepec (pop. 17,900) 63 km away, and San Francisco Motozintla (pop. 23,800) 66 km away.
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Earthquake data:

Fecha & hora: 17 Feb 2021 15:27:38 UTC -
Hora local al epicentro: miércoles, 17 feb 2021 09:27 (GMT -6)
Magnitud: 4.5
Profundidad: 101.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 14.92°N / 92.65°W (Océano Pacífico Norte, Estado de Chiapas, México)
Volcán mas cercano: Tacana (55 km / 34 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
3 km al O de San José el Hueyate (Barra de San José) (pop: 756) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
22 km al ONO de Mazatan (Mazatán) (pop: 6,840) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
32 km al SO de Huixtla (pop: 32,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
33 km al NO de Puerto Madero (Tapachula) (pop: 9,560) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
42 km al O de Tapachula (pop: 202,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
53 km al O de Cacahoatan (Cacahoatán) (pop: 16,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
63 km al SSE de Mapastepec (pop: 17,900) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
66 km al SO de San Francisco Motozintla (Motozintla) (pop: 23,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
211 km al SSE de Tuxtla Gtz (pop: 537,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
851 km al SE de Ciudad de México (Mexico City) (pop: 12,294,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 26°C (79 F), humidity: 83%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from WNW
Fuente primaria de datos: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Energía liberada estimada: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
4.5101 km20 Km Al Sur De Pueblo Nuevo, México, MexicoSSN
4.5101 kmOFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICOEMSC
4.484 km32 Km Al SUROESTE De HUIXTLA, CHIS, MexicoINETER
4.5101 km4 Km NW of Plan De Ayala, MexicoUSGS

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