M 6.8 earthquake – 80 km SSW of El Huitusi, Mexico
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Local time: Aug 28, 1923 · 16:15 (UTC-7)
StrongShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 6.8moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 24.844, -109.098102 km from Gabriel Leyva Solano
- Energy released
- 239 kilotons of TNTabout 16 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 5.5max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 56 km
- Significance
- 705USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jun 12, 1922.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 239 kilotons of TNT, 501 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mexico.
- 7.3 61 km NNW of La Paz, Mexico Apr 10, 1906
- 7.1 Gulf of California Dec 9, 1901
- 7.0 111 km SSW of Altata, Mexico Jun 12, 1922
- 6.9 59 km SW of Bahía de Lobos, Mexico Jun 27, 1945
- 6.8 79 km SSW of Etchoropo, Mexico Jul 12, 1932
- 6.7 68 km SW of Paredón Colorado, Mexico Jan 17, 1931
- 6.7 95 km SW of Topolobampo, Mexico Sep 13, 2015
- 6.7 97 km SSW of El Huitusi, Mexico Oct 21, 2010