Sismo leggero mag. 4.2 - Coatzacoalcos, 63 km a sud ovest da Minatitlan, Veracruz, Messico, giovedì, 18 febbraio 2021 -

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Just 23 minutes ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Minatitlan, Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Wednesday 17 February 2021 at 8:48 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 141 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In El Tepache (pop. 620, 2 km away), Sayula de Aleman (pop. 14,000, 46 km away), Oluta (pop. 12,700, 50 km away), Acayucan (pop. 50,900, 52 km away), Jaltipan de Morelos (pop. 32,800, 54 km away), Cosoleacaque (pop. 22,500, 60 km away), Minatitlan (pop. 112,000, 63 km away), and Nanchital de Lazaro Cardenas del Rio (pop. 25,300, 77 km away), the quake was probably not felt.

Data & ora: 18 Feb 2021 02:48:57 UTC -
Ora locale a epicentro: mercoledì, 17 feb 2021 20:48 (GMT -6)
Magnitudine: 4.2
Profondità: 141.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 17.49°N / 94.81°W (Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Messico)
Vulcano più vicino: San Martín (126 km / 78 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
2 km SE da El Tepache (pop: 615) --> Vedi sismi vicini
46 km SSE da Sayula de Aleman (Centro) (pop: 14,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
50 km S da Oluta (pop: 12,700) --> Vedi sismi vicini
52 km SSE da Acayucan (pop: 50,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
54 km S da Jaltipan de Morelos (pop: 32,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
60 km SSO da Cosoleacaque (pop: 22,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
63 km SSO da Minatitlan (pop: 112,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
77 km SSO da Nanchital de Lazaro Cardenas del Rio (Nanchital) (pop: 25,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
318 km SE da Xalapa (pop: 424,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
504 km ESE da Città del Messico (Mexico City) (pop: 12,294,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) More info

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