Mag. 4.1 earthquake - 1 km southwest of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-09-23 02:41:06 (Hora de México) -

Mag. 4.1 earthquake - 1 km southwest of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-09-23 02:41:06 (Hora de México)

Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 4 km depth

23 Sep 08:07 UTC: Premier à signaler: SSN après 26 minutes.
Date & time: 23 Sep 2020 07:41:06 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2020-09-23 02:41:06 (Hora de México)
Magnitude: 4.1
Profondeur: 4.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.47°N / 95.77°W (Océan Pacifique Nord, Mexique)
Nearby towns and cities:
44 km SSE de Playa Grande (pop: 211) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
51 km SE de Crucecita (pop: 15,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
52 km S de Rio Seco (pop: 654) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
58 km S de Santiago Astata (pop: 2,210) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
71 km SE de Huatulco (pop: 7,410) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
72 km SSE de Merced del Potrero (pop: 2,180) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
77 km ESE de San Miguel Figueroa (pop: 1,140) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
81 km SSO de El Morro (pop: 2,630) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
97 km SE de San Marcial Ozolotepec (pop: 1,060) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
566 km SE de Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Light Rain 23.9°C (75 F), humidity: 83%, wind: 3 km/h (2 kts) from NW
Primary data source: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 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 4.14 km51 Km Al SURESTE De CRUCECITA, OAX, MexicoSSN
M 4.14 kmOffshore Oaxaca, MexicoEMSC

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Morelia Michoacán / not felt
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Mag. 4.1 earthquake - 1 km southwest of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on 2020-09-23 02:41:06 (Hora de México)
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