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Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - 73km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico on Monday, 11 September 2017

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - 73km SSE of Salina Cruz, Mexico on Monday, 11 September 2017
Date & time: Mon, 11 Sep 04:37:37 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2017-09-10 22:37:37 -06:00
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 39.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.5274°N / 94.9976°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: El Chichón (278 km)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 8.9*10^10 J (24.8 MWh / 21.3 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 (17 earthquakes)
Mon, 11 Sep 04:48 UTCM 4.0 / 78 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 05:29 UTCM 4.7 / 69 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 05:50 UTCM 4.5 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 07:51 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 07:57 UTCM 4.6 / 80 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 09:26 UTCM 4.4 / 18 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 10:30 UTCM 4.5 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 12:30 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 14:39 UTCM 4.6 / 20 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 14:56 UTCM 5.2 / 60 km - [info]5.2 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 15:06 UTCM 4.4 / 28 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 15:41 UTCM 4.1 / 60 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 21:09 UTCM 5.5 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Mon, 11 Sep 21:48 UTCM 4.3 / 73.9 km - [info]- 40km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico[Map]USGS
Mon, 11 Sep 22:20 UTCM 4.9 / 70.9 km - [info]- 33km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico[Map]USGS
Mon, 11 Sep 22:40 UTCM 4.1 / 36 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 23:12 UTCM 4.4 / 35 km - [info]- 61km SW of Paredon, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 (21 earthquakes)
Tue, 12 Sep 01:00 UTCM 4.5 / 52 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 01:12 UTCM 5.5 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Tue, 12 Sep 02:09 UTCM 4.8 / 22 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 02:30 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 04:31 UTCM 4.5 / 15 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 05:08 UTCM 5.2 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Tue, 12 Sep 05:20 UTCM 4.3 / 10 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 05:46 UTCM 4.4 / 61 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 06:14 UTCM 4.3 / 24 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 07:19 UTCM 4.4 / 13 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 09:20 UTCM 4.4 / 47.1 km - [info]- 49km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 11:06 UTCM 4.6 / 67 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 15:25 UTCM 4.3 / 64.8 km - [info]- 31km SSW of Chahuite, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 15:28 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Tue, 12 Sep 16:58 UTCM 4.5 / 79 km - [info]- offshore Chiapas, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 18:29 UTCM 4.6 / 44.7 km - [info]- 91km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 18:36 UTCM 4.4 / 74.7 km - [info]- 56km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 18:42 UTCM 4.6 / 15 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 19:06 UTCM 4.3 / 51.2 km - [info]- 62km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 20:07 UTCM 5.0 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 21:26 UTCM 4.3 / 17 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 2017 (12 earthquakes)
Wed, 13 Sep 00:19 UTCM 4.4 / 24 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 01:16 UTCM 4.1 / 53 km - [info]- 80km SW of Paredon, Mexico[Map]USGS
Wed, 13 Sep 02:01 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Wed, 13 Sep 02:43 UTCM 4.4 / 74 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 03:32 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 04:05 UTCM 4.4 / 22 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 05:09 UTCM 5.0 / 51 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 09:18 UTCM 4.0 / 52 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 09:46 UTCM 4.4 / 52 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 09:57 UTCM 4.3 / 35 km - [info]- 47km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico[Map]USGS
Wed, 13 Sep 10:44 UTCM 4.3 / 26 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 11:27 UTCM 4.2 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC

 

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