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Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO on Friday, 18 August 2017

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO on Friday, 18 August 2017
Date & time: Fri, 18 Aug 22:30:15 UTC
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 16.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.88°N / 98.94°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: Popocatépetl (351 km)
Primary data source: EMSC
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
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"I felt it" reports:
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sat, 19 Aug 2017
Sat, 19 Aug 16:31 UTCM 4.0 / 10 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Sun, 20 Aug 04:32 UTCM 4.0 / 3 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 22 Aug 2017
Tue, 22 Aug 10:46 UTCM 4.1 / 30 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 22 Aug 23:20 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 31 Aug 2017
Thu, 31 Aug 19:58 UTCM 4.1 / 3 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 2 Sep 2017
Sat, 2 Sep 02:39 UTCM 4.1 / 4 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 4 Sep 2017
Mon, 4 Sep 05:20 UTCM 4.0 / 4 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 7 Sep 2017
Thu, 7 Sep 15:17 UTCM 4.3 / 4 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 7 Sep 15:49 UTCM 4.1 / 2 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 9 Sep 2017
Sat, 9 Sep 08:17 UTCM 4.0 / 36 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 10 Sep 2017
Sun, 10 Sep 12:00 UTCM 4.5 / 18 km - [info]- 64km S of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico[Map]USGS
Sun, 10 Sep 12:07 UTCM 4.5 / 11 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 10 Sep 13:25 UTCM 4.1 / 5 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 10 Sep 13:40 UTCM 4.4 / 5 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 2017
Tue, 12 Sep 19:58 UTCM 4.4 / 17 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 16 Sep 2017
Sat, 16 Sep 02:22 UTCM 4.6 / 18 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 16 Sep 02:27 UTCM 4.5 / 11 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 16 Sep 05:46 UTCM 4.2 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Sep 2017
Thu, 21 Sep 23:55 UTCM 4.2 / 18 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 2017
Sun, 24 Sep 05:10 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
Tue, 26 Sep 17:52 UTCM 4.0 / 13 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Sep 18:44 UTCM 4.3 / 11 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Sep 2017
Thu, 28 Sep 09:38 UTCM 4.6 / 13 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Sep 19:12 UTCM 4.1 / 16 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Sep 19:37 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
Tue, 10 Oct 05:52 UTCM 4.0 / 13 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 12:45 UTCM 4.8 / 15 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
Thu, 12 Oct 00:44 UTCM 4.6 / 10 km - [info]Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Sat, 21 Oct 2017
Sat, 21 Oct 16:58 UTCM 4.6 / 10 km - [info]Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Thu, 26 Oct 2017
Thu, 26 Oct 17:05 UTCM 4.0 / 5 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 28 Oct 2017
Sat, 28 Oct 11:31 UTCM 4.6 / 19.1 km - [info]- 24km NW of San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, Mexico[Map]USGS
Mon, 30 Oct 2017
Mon, 30 Oct 15:03 UTCM 4.1 / 5 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 31 Oct 2017
Tue, 31 Oct 12:07 UTCM 4.8 / 5 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 31 Oct 12:49 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 2 Nov 2017
Thu, 2 Nov 17:36 UTCM 4.0 / 26 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 3 Nov 2017
Fri, 3 Nov 03:55 UTCM 4.0 / 8 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 5 Nov 2017
Sun, 5 Nov 04:09 UTCM 4.2 / 8 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 5 Nov 16:53 UTCM 4.2 / 10 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 8 Nov 2017
Wed, 8 Nov 22:09 UTCM 4.0 / 17 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 15 Nov 2017
Wed, 15 Nov 22:46 UTCM 4.1 / 10 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 21 Nov 2017
Tue, 21 Nov 13:45 UTCM 4.2 / 17 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 30 Nov 2017
Thu, 30 Nov 03:20 UTCM 4.5 / 35.7 km - [info]- 21km SSW of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico[Map]USGS
Thu, 30 Nov 04:47 UTCM 4.2 / 35 km - [info]- 10km SW of Ometepec, Mexico[Map]USGS
Thu, 30 Nov 05:55 UTCM 4.4 / 17 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 30 Nov 15:58 UTCM 4.0 / 5 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 1 Dec 2017
Fri, 1 Dec 05:03 UTCM 4.0 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 1 Dec 05:58 UTCM 4.0 / 5 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 5 Dec 2017
Tue, 5 Dec 21:56 UTCM 4.1 / 30 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 16 Dec 2017
Sat, 16 Dec 15:16 UTCM 4.0 / 5 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Dec 2017
Thu, 21 Dec 03:23 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico[Map]GFZ

 

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