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Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - OAXACA, MEXICO on Saturday, 23 September 2017

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - OAXACA, MEXICO on Saturday, 23 September 2017
Date & time: Sat, 23 Sep 16:16:28 UTC
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 50.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.03°N / 95.12°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: San Martín (172 km)
Primary data source: EMSC
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource

"I felt it" reports:
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl (492 km WNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking) (via app)
Paraíso (Mexico) (252 km NE from epicenter)(no details): solo notamos que las cosas se movian (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sat, 23 Sep 2017
Sat, 23 Sep 16:24 UTCM 4.8 / 62 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 23 Sep 20:01 UTCM 4.2 / 27 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 23 Sep 20:36 UTCM 4.6 / 71 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 23 Sep 20:53 UTCM 4.3 / 101 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 23 Sep 23:06 UTCM 4.5 / 9 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 (9 earthquakes)
Sun, 24 Sep 00:20 UTCM 4.0 / 83 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 02:03 UTCM 4.9 / 84 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 07:59 UTCM 4.4 / 34 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 09:26 UTCM 4.3 / 66 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 12:11 UTCM 4.0 / 44 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 12:33 UTCM 4.5 / 55 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 15:02 UTCM 4.5 / 75 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 15:59 UTCM 4.0 / 48 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Sep 16:53 UTCM 4.1 / 57 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 2017 (9 earthquakes)
Mon, 25 Sep 04:19 UTCM 4.1 / 123 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 05:07 UTCM 4.2 / 76 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 10:29 UTCM 4.3 / 95 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 10:42 UTCM 4.5 / 77 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 15:05 UTCM 4.2 / 79 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 17:09 UTCM 4.1 / 65 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 17:46 UTCM 4.3 / 61 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 18:35 UTCM 4.2 / 47 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 25 Sep 19:20 UTCM 4.3 / 96 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 (6 earthquakes)
Tue, 26 Sep 07:07 UTCM 4.4 / 68 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Sep 07:40 UTCM 4.1 / 75 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Sep 08:31 UTCM 4.2 / 12 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Sep 15:12 UTCM 4.0 / 56 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Sep 18:53 UTCM 4.3 / 104.3 km - [info]- 4km NNW of Niltepec, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 26 Sep 22:02 UTCM 4.1 / 63 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 27 Sep 2017
Wed, 27 Sep 06:14 UTCM 4.0 / 83 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 27 Sep 20:35 UTCM 4.0 / 64 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 27 Sep 23:30 UTCM 4.3 / 66 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Sep 2017
Thu, 28 Sep 05:08 UTCM 4.5 / 53 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Sep 07:27 UTCM 4.4 / 25 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Sep 09:22 UTCM 4.3 / 117 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Sep 09:57 UTCM 4.1 / 85 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Sep 21:31 UTCM 4.5 / 76 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 29 Sep 2017
Fri, 29 Sep 02:16 UTCM 4.3 / 51 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 29 Sep 15:02 UTCM 4.0 / 42 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 29 Sep 15:16 UTCM 4.1 / 28 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 29 Sep 19:22 UTCM 4.2 / 65 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 29 Sep 19:52 UTCM 4.4 / 18 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 30 Sep 2017
Sat, 30 Sep 12:56 UTCM 4.1 / 76 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 30 Sep 18:15 UTCM 4.8 / 10 km - [info]Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Sat, 30 Sep 22:45 UTCM 4.1 / 69 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 1 Oct 2017
Sun, 1 Oct 02:53 UTCM 4.1 / 72 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 1 Oct 04:40 UTCM 4.1 / 93 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 1 Oct 09:46 UTCM 4.3 / 62 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 1 Oct 11:10 UTCM 4.2 / 73 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 1 Oct 16:48 UTCM 4.0 / 21 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC

 

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