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Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO on Monday, 9 October 2017

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO on Monday, 9 October 2017
Date & time: Mon, 9 Oct 21:43:34 UTC
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 53.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.96°N / 95.1°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: El Chichón (253 km)
Primary data source: EMSC
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Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Mon, 9 Oct 2017
Mon, 9 Oct 22:00 UTCM 4.1 / 87 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 (8 earthquakes)
Tue, 10 Oct 03:31 UTCM 4.2 / 76 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 05:55 UTCM 4.2 / 79 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 07:55 UTCM 4.3 / 65 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 09:50 UTCM 4.0 / 71 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 14:43 UTCM 4.7 / 49 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 17:22 UTCM 4.3 / 27 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 22:56 UTCM 4.4 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 10 Oct 23:16 UTCM 4.1 / 70 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 11 Oct 2017 (8 earthquakes)
Wed, 11 Oct 03:36 UTCM 4.0 / 48 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 11 Oct 04:44 UTCM 4.2 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 11 Oct 05:30 UTCM 4.0 / 27 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 11 Oct 11:01 UTCM 4.6 / 20 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 11 Oct 17:55 UTCM 4.2 / 67 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 11 Oct 20:07 UTCM 4.2 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 11 Oct 20:16 UTCM 4.1 / 19 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 11 Oct 20:23 UTCM 4.0 / 67 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 (6 earthquakes)
Thu, 12 Oct 04:55 UTCM 4.4 / 61 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 12 Oct 07:01 UTCM 4.0 / 76 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 12 Oct 10:41 UTCM 4.0 / 15 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 12 Oct 11:33 UTCM 4.0 / 63 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 12 Oct 18:39 UTCM 4.2 / 10 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 12 Oct 19:50 UTCM 4.5 / 11 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 (11 earthquakes)
Fri, 13 Oct 01:29 UTCM 4.1 / 12 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 01:59 UTCM 4.2 / 17 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 02:15 UTCM 4.0 / 43 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 02:32 UTCM 4.2 / 35 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 03:29 UTCM 4.5 / 80 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 05:48 UTCM 4.3 / 77 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 06:38 UTCM 4.3 / 18 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 11:23 UTCM 4.5 / 43.6 km - [info]- offshore Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]USGS
Fri, 13 Oct 13:48 UTCM 4.0 / 16 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 17:11 UTCM 4.1 / 25 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 13 Oct 23:40 UTCM 4.6 / 72 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 2017 (11 earthquakes)
Sat, 14 Oct 00:20 UTCM 5.3 / 10 km - [info]Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Sat, 14 Oct 01:01 UTCM 4.1 / 20 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 03:58 UTCM 4.0 / 28 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 07:18 UTCM 4.3 / 49 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 08:45 UTCM 4.1 / 25 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 09:30 UTCM 4.2 / 69 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 09:43 UTCM 4.1 / 130 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 10:03 UTCM 4.3 / 48 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 11:06 UTCM 4.1 / 95 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 18:53 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OFF COAST OF OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 14 Oct 18:59 UTCM 4.0 / 10 km - [info]OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 15 Oct 2017
Sun, 15 Oct 04:26 UTCM 4.1 / 36 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 15 Oct 10:47 UTCM 4.0 / 10 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 15 Oct 12:44 UTCM 4.4 / 20 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 15 Oct 12:54 UTCM 4.0 / 50 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 15 Oct 14:33 UTCM 4.1 / 18 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC

 

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