Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 95 km southwest of Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico, on 2020-09-12 09:45:02 (Hora de México) -

Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 95 km southwest of Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico, on 2020-09-12 09:45:02 (Hora de México)

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 117 km depth

12 Sep 15:12 UTC: Premier à signaler: EMSC après 27 minutes.
12 Sep 15:14: Maintenant en utilisant une nouvelle source de données: SSN
Date & time: 12 Sep 2020 14:45:02 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2020-09-12 09:45:02 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.2
Profondeur: 117.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.98°N / 93.47°W (Villa Corzo, Chiapas, Mexique)
Volcan le plus près: El Chichón (156 km / 97 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
1 km ESE de La Yerbasanta (pop: 10) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
23 km NNE de Manuel Avila Camacho (Ponte Duro) (pop: 1,780) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
31 km SO de Villa Corzo (Centro) (pop: 10,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
33 km ESE de Tonala (Tonalá) (pop: 35,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
35 km SO de Villaflores (pop: 37,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
39 km OSO de San Pedro Buenavista (pop: 8,390) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
43 km NO de Pijijiapan (pop: 16,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
54 km ESE de Arriaga (pop: 24,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
95 km SSO de Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop: 537,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
712 km ESE de Mexico (Mexico City) (pop: 12,294,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 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.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 4.2117 km32 Km Al SURESTE De TONALA, CHIS (Mexico)SSN
M 4.2117 kmChiapas, MexicoEMSC

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Mag. 4.2 earthquake - 95 km southwest of Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico, on 2020-09-12 09:45:02 (Hora de México)
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