Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 78 km southwest of Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico, on Friday, 8 September 2017 at 14:44 (GMT)
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 8.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, 88 km southwest of Topon, Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico, 8 September 2017 04:49 GMT, which had occurred 10 hours earlier.
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Moderate magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 10 km depth
8 Sep 14:52 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Sep 8 14:59: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.6.
Sep 8 14:59: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.6.
Magnitude: 5.6
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.61°N / 94.29°W
(North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)Nearest volcano: El Chichón (228 km / 142 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
54 km (34 mi) SSW of Cachimbo (pop: 124) --> See nearby quakes!
67 km (41 mi) SW of Paredon (Paredón) (pop: 6,130) --> See nearby quakes!
78 km (48 mi) S of Chahuite (pop: 9,840) --> See nearby quakes!
78 km (49 mi) SW of Tonala (Tonalá) (pop: 35,300) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (50 mi) SSW of Arriaga (pop: 24,400) --> See nearby quakes!
115 km (72 mi) ESE of Salina Cruz (pop: 76,600) --> See nearby quakes!
121 km (75 mi) SE of Juchitan de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) --> See nearby quakes!
129 km (80 mi) SE of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Tehuantepec) (pop: 42,100) --> See nearby quakes!
179 km (111 mi) SW of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop: 537,100) --> See nearby quakes!
666 km (414 mi) SE of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
363 km (225 mi) SW of Chinal Island --> See nearby quakes!
471 km (293 mi) SW of Isla Aguada Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.6 | 10 km | Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico | GFZ |
| M 5.4 | 80 km | OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO | EMSC |
| M 5.3 | 47 km | - 80km SW of Paredon, Mexico | USGS |
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