Moderate magnitude 4.4 quake hits 26 km southwest of Autlan, Mexico early evening
4.4 quake 28 Aug 6:09 pm (GMT -5)

Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN) reported a magnitude 4.4 quake in Mexico near Autlan, Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, 39 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early evening on Saturday 28 August 2021 at 6:09 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 52 km. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.4 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Tecomates (pop. 1,700) located 4 km from the epicenter, La Resolana (pop. 11,200) 8 km away, La Huerta (pop. 7,900) 18 km away, and La Huerta (pop. 7,600) 18 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Autlan (pop. 45,400) located 26 km from the epicenter, Cihuatlan (pop. 18,200) 39 km away, El Grullo (pop. 20,900) 40 km away, and Manzanillo (pop. 130,000) 54 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Aug 28, 2021 6:09 pm (GMT -5) local time (28 Aug 2021 23:09 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 52.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 19.58°N / 104.51°W (Casimiro Castillo, Jalisco, Mexico)
Primary data source: SSN
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