Earthquake Info: Light Mag. 4.2 earthquake

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An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale at a depth of 138 km

Sep 28 13:35 UTC: First to report: SSN after 23 minutes.

Tue update, Sep 28 2021, 13:39

An average earthquake of 4.2 magnitude struck 66 km south of Acaiocán, Mexico, in the morning

4.2 Earthquake Sep 28 8:12 AM (GMT -5)

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake near Acayucan, Veracruz, Mexico, was reported just 27 minutes ago by the National Seismological Service of Mexico (SSN), the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 138 km below the epicenter on the morning of Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 8:12 am local time. The exact size, focus, and depth of the earthquake may be reviewed within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and improve their calculations, or when other agencies release their reports. Many people felt it and did no harm. in Fernando López Arias (population area 120, 2 km away), Sochilapan del Río (population 2,500, 4 km), Jesús Carranza (4,000 inhabitants, 11 km), Palomares (population 3800, 27 km), Matthias Romero (18,900, 54 km), Sayola de Aleman (14,000, 58 km), Acaican (50,900, 66 km), and Galtipan de Morelos (32,800, 72 km), probably did not feel the earthquake.

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Date and time: September 28, 2021 13:12:27 UTC – local time at the epicenter: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 8:12 am (GMT -5) Size: 4.2 Depth: 138.0 km Latitude/Longitude Epicenter: 17.36° N / 94.96° W↗ (Jesus Carranza, Veracruz, Mexico) Opposite: 17.36° S / 85.04° E Nearest volcano: San Martín (137 km/ 85 mi) Nearby towns and cities: 2 km (1 mi) north of Fernando López Arias ( Pop: 119) -> Watch the nearby earthquakes! 11 km (7 mi) southeast of Jesus Carranza (pop: 4020) -> See nearby earthquakes! 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Donaghy (Oaxaca) (pop: 2,360) -> See nearby earthquakes! 27 km (17 mi) north-north of Palomares (Oaxaca) (population: 3,760) -> See nearby earthquakes! 54 km (34 mi) north of Matias Romero (Mattias Romero Avendanio, Oaxaca) (population: 18,900) -> See nearby earthquakes! 58 km (36 mi) south of Sayola de Alemán (center) (population: 14,000) -> See nearby earthquakes! 66 km (41 mi) south of Akayukan (Area: 50900) -> See nearby earthquakes! 72 km (45 mi) southwest of Galtipan de Morelos (population: 32,800) -> See nearby earthquakes! 318 km (197 mi) southeast of Xalapa (population: 424,800) -> see nearby earthquakes! 496 km (308 mi) ESE for Mexico City (population: 12,294,200) -> See nearby earthquakes Weather in the epicenter at the time of the earthquake: Scattered clouds 24.6 °C (76 °F), Humidity: 93%, Wind: 1 m/s ( 2 kilotons) from raw data source W: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) Rated released energy: 1.3 x 1011 Joules (35 megawatt-hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) More information if you feel this earthquake (or if I was near the epicenter)) Please share your experience and make a short “I felt it” report! Other users would love to hear about it, if you don’t feel the earthquake even though you are in the area, please report it! Your contribution is valuable to seismic science, seismic risk analysis, and mitigation efforts. You can use your device’s location or a map to indicate where you are during the earthquake. Thank you! The earthquake data itself was reported by different agencies

Information: The more agencies report the same earthquake and publish similar data, the more you can trust the data. It usually takes up to a few hours for earthquake parameters to be calculated with near-perfect accuracy.

Mag.DepthLocationSource4.2138 km Mexico: 55 Km Al NORTE De MATIAS ROMERO, OAXSSN Previous earthquakes in the same area Please wait while searching through millions of records, this can take up to 20-30 seconds.

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