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Light mag. 3.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 89 km southeast of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 4:17 pm (GMT -6) -

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Light mag. 3.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 89 km southeast of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 4:17 pm (GMT -6)

Light magnitude 3.7 earthquake at 15 km depth

26 May 02:12 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 4 hours.
26 May 02:14: Now using data updates from SSN

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Earthquake details

Date & time	May 25, 2023 22:17:53 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 4:17 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.7
Depth	14.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	15.49°N / 94.76°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Antipode	15.49°S / 85.24°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	82 km (51 mi) S of Santa Maria del Mar (pop: 771) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) SSE of San Mateo del Mar (pop: 5,730) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo (pop: 4,030) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) SSE of Salina Cruz (pop: 76,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 99 km (61 mi) S of Las Amilpas (pop: 8,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 106 km (66 mi) SSE of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Tehuantepec) (pop: 42,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 124 km (77 mi) SW of Arriaga (pop: 24,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 638 km (396 mi) SE of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.7	15 km	Mexico: 90 Km Al SURESTE De SALINA CRUZ, OAX	SSN
3.7	15 km	Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico	RaspberryShake
3.7	15 km	OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO	EMSC

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