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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 [Map]
Nearest volcano: El Chichón (278 km)
Primary data source: USGS
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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
Mon, 11 Sep (17 earthquakes)
Mon, 11 Sep 04:48 UTCM 4.0 / 78 km - [info] (226 km)OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 05:29 UTCM 4.7 / 69 km - [info] (131 km)OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 05:50 UTCM 4.5 / 16 km - [info] (262 km)OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 07:51 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info] (273 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 07:57 UTCM 4.6 / 80 km - [info] (236 km)OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 09:26 UTCM 4.4 / 18 km - [info] (276 km)OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 10:30 UTCM 4.5 / 16 km - [info] (236 km)OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 12:30 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info] (272 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 14:39 UTCM 4.6 / 20 km - [info] (268 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 14:56 UTCM 5.2 / 60 km - [info] (200 km)5.2 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (223 km NE from epicenter)(no details): Moviento leve (via EMSC)
Mon, 11 Sep 15:06 UTCM 4.4 / 28 km - [info] (119 km)OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 15:41 UTCM 4.1 / 60 km - [info] (243 km)OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 21:09 UTCM 5.5 / 10 km - [info] (200 km)Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico
[Map]		GFZ
Mexico City / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
Quetzaltenango (262.2 km SSE from epicenter) / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app)
Quintín Arauz (Mexico) (378 km N from epicenter)(no details): Estaba en el sofá descansando y empecé a sentir que se movía todo por y corto tiempo (via EMSC)
Mon, 11 Sep 21:48 UTCM 4.3 / 73.9 km - [info] (114 km)- 40km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico[Map]USGS
Mon, 11 Sep 22:20 UTCM 4.9 / 70.9 km - [info] (219 km)- 33km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico[Map]USGS
Mon, 11 Sep 22:40 UTCM 4.1 / 36 km - [info] (276 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Sep 23:12 UTCM 4.4 / 35 km - [info] (222 km)- 61km SW of Paredon, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 12 Sep (21 earthquakes)
Tue, 12 Sep 01:00 UTCM 4.5 / 52 km - [info] (232 km)OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 01:12 UTCM 5.5 / 10 km - [info] (217 km)Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico
[Map]		GFZ
Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (168 km NE from epicenter)(no details): Fue rápido pero se sintio (via EMSC)
Chiapa de Corzo (Mexico) (168 km NE from epicenter)(no details): Estuvo feo (via EMSC)
Tue, 12 Sep 02:09 UTCM 4.8 / 22 km - [info] (260 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Salina Cruz (Mexico) (42 km NW from epicenter)(no details): De cuantos grados fue (via EMSC)
Tue, 12 Sep 02:30 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info] (269 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 04:31 UTCM 4.5 / 15 km - [info] (257 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 05:08 UTCM 5.2 / 10 km - [info] (183 km)Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Tue, 12 Sep 05:20 UTCM 4.3 / 10 km - [info] (234 km)OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 05:46 UTCM 4.4 / 61 km - [info] (265 km)OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 06:14 UTCM 4.3 / 24 km - [info] (273 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 07:19 UTCM 4.4 / 13 km - [info] (299 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 09:20 UTCM 4.4 / 47.1 km - [info] (237 km)- 49km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 11:06 UTCM 4.6 / 67 km - [info] (246 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 15:25 UTCM 4.3 / 64.8 km - [info] (184 km)- 31km SSW of Chahuite, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 15:28 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info] (189 km)Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico
[Map]		GFZ
Ixtapaluca (Mexico) (712 km NW from epicenter)(no details): No se persivio (via EMSC)
Chiapa de Corzo (Mexico) (194 km NE from epicenter)(no details): Estuvo un poco fuerte pero no duró mucho tiempo (via EMSC)
Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (Mexico) (186 km N from epicenter)(no details): Algo fuerte (via EMSC)
Read all reports
Tue, 12 Sep 16:58 UTCM 4.5 / 79 km - [info] (111 km)- offshore Chiapas, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 18:29 UTCM 4.6 / 44.7 km - [info] (210 km)- 91km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 18:36 UTCM 4.4 / 74.7 km - [info] (161 km)- 56km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 18:42 UTCM 4.6 / 15 km - [info] (249 km)OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Salina Cruz (Mexico) (31 km SW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintio horrible duro un poco mas q las otras replicas.Aun no dan informacion (via EMSC)
Tue, 12 Sep 19:06 UTCM 4.3 / 51.2 km - [info] (241 km)- 62km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Tue, 12 Sep 20:07 UTCM 5.0 / 16 km - [info] (278 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Tue, 12 Sep 21:26 UTCM 4.3 / 17 km - [info] (280 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep (12 earthquakes)
Wed, 13 Sep 00:19 UTCM 4.4 / 24 km - [info] (246 km)OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 01:16 UTCM 4.1 / 53 km - [info] (238 km)- 80km SW of Paredon, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Wed, 13 Sep 02:01 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info] (227 km)Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico
[Map]		GFZ
Wed, 13 Sep 02:43 UTCM 4.4 / 74 km - [info] (229 km)OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Macuspana (Mexico) (308 km NE from epicenter)(no details): Negativo no sentimos nada (via EMSC)
Wed, 13 Sep 03:32 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info] (270 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 04:05 UTCM 4.4 / 22 km - [info] (248 km)OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 05:09 UTCM 5.0 / 51 km - [info] (172 km)OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Appingedam / MMI V (Moderate shaking): blub imma fihhhhss
(192.2 km SE from epicenter) / MMI II (Very weak shaking)
Wed, 13 Sep 09:18 UTCM 4.0 / 52 km - [info] (212 km)OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 09:46 UTCM 4.4 / 52 km - [info] (258 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 09:57 UTCM 4.3 / 35 km - [info] (233 km)- 47km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico
[Map]		USGS
Wed, 13 Sep 10:44 UTCM 4.3 / 26 km - [info] (229 km)OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC
Wed, 13 Sep 11:27 UTCM 4.2 / 16 km - [info] (224 km)OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
[Map]		EMSC

 

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