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Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza Centro (510.3 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Strong mag. 5.5 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 64 km southeast of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday, September 8, 2017 at 11:25 GMT
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 8.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, 88 km southwest of Topon, Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico, September 8, 2017 04:49 GMT, which had occurred 7 hours earlier.
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Strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake at 10 km depth
8 Sep 11:33 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Sep 8 11:51: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 5.5.
Sep 8 11:51: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 5.5.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Sep 8, 2017 11:25:52 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 5.5 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 15.77°N / 94.77°W  (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 15.77°S / 85.23°E |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) |
| Nearest volcano | El Chichón (230 km / 143 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 53 km (33 mi) SSW of San Francisco del Mar Viejo (pop: 4,030) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 54 km (34 mi) SSE of San Mateo del Mar (pop: 5,730) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) SE of Salina Cruz (pop: 76,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 78 km (49 mi) S of Union Hidalgo (Unión Hidalgo) (pop: 13,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) SSE of Juchitan de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) SE of San Blas Atempa (pop: 12,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 80 km (49 mi) SE of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Tehuantepec) (pop: 42,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) SSE of Ixtepec (pop: 25,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 208 km (129 mi) WSW of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop: 537,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 616 km (382 mi) SE of Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.1 x 1013 joules (3.12 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2682 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.5 | 10 km | Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico | GFZ |
| 5.0 | 40 km | OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO | EMSC |
| 5.0 | 33 km | - 49km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico | USGS |
User reports for this quake (1)
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