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M 4.1mb

27 km N of El Súchil, Mexico

· 10 km deep · released about 21 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.1 (mb)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2120 days ago

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was recorded 27 km N of El Súchil, Mexico at 03:36 UTC on 2020-10-04. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS. This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 7,900× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.1 about 21 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 45× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2017-02-02 — about 11 times the energy of this one.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 17.4751, -100.6425. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

13 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 4.4 14 km NNE of El Súchil, Mexico
  2. 4.0 48 km SSW of Ajuchitlán del Progreso, Mexico
  3. 4.4 14 km NNW of El Paraíso, Mexico
  4. 4.7 8 km WSW of San Luis de La Loma, Mexico
  5. 4.9 2 km W of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico
  6. 4.3 8 km NE of Nuxco, Mexico
  7. 4.4 16 km SSW of San Luis San Pedro, Mexico
  8. 5.2 6 km SSW of Papanoa, Mexico
  9. 6.0 7 km W of Corral Falso, Mexico
  10. 4.1 Guerrero, Mexico
  11. 4.9 30 km NE of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico
  12. 4.2 5 km NNE of San Luis San Pedro, Mexico
  13. 4.2 9 km NE of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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