Mag. 4.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 58 km southeast of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Saturday, 9 September 2017 at 05:22 (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 1 day 1 hours earlier.
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Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 10 km depth
9 Sep 05:30 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.76°N / 94.86°W
(North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)Nearest volcano: El Chichón (249 km / 155 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
51 km (32 mi) SSE of Barrio Nuevo (pop: 33) --> See nearby quakes!
58 km (36 mi) SSW of San Francisco del Mar Viejo (pop: 4,030) --> See nearby quakes!
58 km (36 mi) SE of Salina Cruz (pop: 76,600) --> See nearby quakes!
72 km (45 mi) SSW of Las Amilpas (pop: 8,800) --> See nearby quakes!
75 km (46 mi) SSE of San Blas Atempa (pop: 12,000) --> See nearby quakes!
75 km (47 mi) SE of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Tehuantepec) (pop: 42,100) --> See nearby quakes!
77 km (48 mi) SSE of Juchitan de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) --> See nearby quakes!
79 km (49 mi) S of Union Hidalgo (Unión Hidalgo) (pop: 13,700) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) SSE of Ixtepec (pop: 25,400) --> See nearby quakes!
609 km (379 mi) SE of Mexiko (pop: 12,294,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.7 | 10 km | Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico | GFZ |
| M 4.6 | 60 km | OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO | EMSC |
| M 4.6 | 59 km | - 55km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico | USGS |
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Mag. 4.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 58 km southeast of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Saturday, 9 September 2017 at 05:22 (GMT)
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