Moderato terremoto magnitudine 5.0 - Offshore Oaxaca, Mexico, giovedì, 13 dicembre 1979
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Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 33 km depth
Magnitudine: 5
Profondità: 33.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 15.3°N / 97.645°W

Nearby towns and cities:
75 km S da Cerro Hermoso (pop: 379) --> Vedi sismi vicini
86 km S da Santa Rosa de Lima (pop: 2,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
88 km SO da Puerto Escondido (pop: 25,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
95 km SSO da Santiago Jocotepec (pop: 1,770) --> Vedi sismi vicini
98 km SSO da Santiago Cuixtla (pop: 1,250) --> Vedi sismi vicini
101 km SO da Santa Maria Colotepec (pop: 1,370) --> Vedi sismi vicini
105 km SSE da Collantes (pop: 2,240) --> Vedi sismi vicini
107 km SO da San Gabriel Mixtepec (pop: 3,520) --> Vedi sismi vicini
108 km SSO da Santa Maria Temaxcaltepec (pop: 1,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
485 km SSE da Città del Messico (pop: 12,294,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Magnitudine | Profondità | Ubicazione | Fonte |
M 5.0 | 33 km | offshore Oaxaca, Mexico | USGS |
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