Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes near Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca, Mexico
4.4 quake 18 Jul 8:22 am (GMT -5)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred only 19 minutes ago 43 km southeast of Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz, Mexico, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 48 km beneath the epicenter near Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca, Mexico, in the morning on Monday, July 18th, 2022, at 8:22 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.4 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.4.
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 Santa Cruz Ozolotepec (pop. 1,100) located 6 km from the epicenter, San Miguel Suchixtepec (pop. 1,800) 15 km away, Huatulco (pop. 7,400) 22 km away, and San Pedro Mixtepec (pop. 3,800) 27 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include San Cristobal (pop. 4,100) located 33 km from the epicenter, San Pedro Pochutla (pop. 13,700) 34 km away, Crucecita (pop. 15,100) 36 km away, and Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz (pop. 23,900) 43 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 18, 2022 8:22 am (GMT -5) local time (18 Jul 2022 13:22 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 51.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 16.07°N / 96.33°W (Santa Maria Ozolotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico)
Primary data source: GFZ
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