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Earthquake reports include two tremors off Chiapas
Two earthquakes were reported southwest of Mapastepec, Chiapas, measuring magnitudes 4.2 and 4.1.
The reports placed them 80 and 145 kilometres from the town, at depths of 24.8 and 3.9 kilometres.
A morning bulletin recorded 21 earthquakes across Mexico between 12:08 a.m.
and 4:03 a.m.
on October 22, with magnitudes from 2.1 to 4.1.
The strongest in that bulletin was a magnitude 4.1 earthquake southeast of San Felipe, Baja California.
The reports listed no damage or injuries, and did not say whether people felt the tremors.
Mexico has frequent earthquakes because five tectonic plates meet beneath its territory.
The National Seismological Service is monitoring seismic activity in real time, with updates on magnitudes, depths and locations.
Two earthquakes were reported off the coast of Chiapas, near Mapastepec.
The first had a magnitude of 4.2 and occurred 80 kilometres southwest of Mapastepec.
The second had a magnitude of 4.1 and occurred 145 kilometres southwest of the town.
The report said no damage, injuries or public reports of feeling the tremors were recorded across the listed earthquakes.
- Who
- The National Seismological Service monitored seismic activity in Mexico.
- What
- Two earthquakes were reported off Chiapas, with magnitudes of 4.2 and 4.1.
- When
- They occurred at 15:30 and 17:51; the report does not specify their date.
- Where
- 80 and 145 kilometres southwest of Mapastepec, Chiapas.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred 80 kilometres southwest of Mapastepec, at a depth of 24.8 kilometres.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurred 145 kilometres southwest of Mapastepec, at a depth of 3.9 kilometres.
- Magnitude
- 4.2 and 4.1
- First tremor
- 80 kilometres southwest of Mapastepec
- Second tremor
- 145 kilometres southwest of Mapastepec
- First depth
- 24.8 kilometres
- Second depth
- 3.9 kilometres