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Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO on Monday, 18 September 2017

Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO on Monday, 18 September 2017
Date & time: Mon, 18 Sep 02:24:03 UTC
Magnitude: 4.2
Depth: 9.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.82°N / 95.2°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: El Chichón (271 km)
Primary data source: EMSC
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Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 (16 earthquakes)
Mon, 18 Sep 06:04 UTCM 4.0 / 54 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 07:31 UTCM 4.2 / 50 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 08:41 UTCM 4.2 / 17 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 12:06 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Mon, 18 Sep 13:41 UTCM 4.3 / 20 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 14:19 UTCM 5.6 / 47 km - [info]Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Mon, 18 Sep 15:13 UTCM 4.8 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 15:59 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 17:25 UTCM 4.5 / 20 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 17:49 UTCM 4.6 / 22 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 17:53 UTCM 4.3 / 15 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 17:57 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 19:51 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Mon, 18 Sep 21:16 UTCM 4.5 / 26 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 22:13 UTCM 4.2 / 39 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Sep 23:29 UTCM 4.0 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 (12 earthquakes)
Tue, 19 Sep 00:59 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 01:11 UTCM 4.3 / 19 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 01:23 UTCM 4.1 / 47 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 01:45 UTCM 4.4 / 19 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 03:26 UTCM 4.4 / 8 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 05:21 UTCM 4.1 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 06:15 UTCM 4.0 / 49 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 07:03 UTCM 4.7 / 67 km - [info]Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Tue, 19 Sep 07:20 UTCM 4.5 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 19 Sep 07:53 UTCM 5.6 / 10 km - [info]Off Coast of Chiapas, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Tue, 19 Sep 21:13 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Tue, 19 Sep 23:11 UTCM 4.6 / 64.8 km - [info]- 15km SW of San Dionisio del Mar, Mexico[Map]USGS
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 (8 earthquakes)
Wed, 20 Sep 03:28 UTCM 4.6 / 49 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 20 Sep 04:15 UTCM 4.7 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 20 Sep 04:49 UTCM 4.4 / 44 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 20 Sep 08:13 UTCM 4.6 / 31 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 20 Sep 09:40 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 20 Sep 10:39 UTCM 4.7 / 60 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 20 Sep 14:37 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 20 Sep 23:54 UTCM 4.1 / 23 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 (9 earthquakes)
Thu, 21 Sep 00:44 UTCM 4.5 / 24 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Sep 10:39 UTCM 4.2 / 20 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Sep 11:44 UTCM 4.8 / 105 km - [info]CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Sep 15:55 UTCM 4.2 / 26 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Sep 17:23 UTCM 4.1 / 31.8 km - [info]- 119km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico[Map]USGS
Thu, 21 Sep 19:13 UTCM 4.1 / 7 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Sep 20:22 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Thu, 21 Sep 21:34 UTCM 4.1 / 25 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Sep 21:48 UTCM 4.0 / 17 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Fri, 22 Sep 03:51 UTCM 4.1 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 22 Sep 04:45 UTCM 4.2 / 9 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 22 Sep 05:07 UTCM 4.0 / 8 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 22 Sep 08:04 UTCM 4.1 / 19 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 22 Sep 08:27 UTCM 4.0 / 33 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC

 

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