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Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO on Saturday, 8 December 2018

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO on Saturday, 8 December 2018
Date & time: Sat, 8 Dec 14:40:41 UTC
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 15.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.93°N / 98.42°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: Popocatépetl (345 km)
Primary data source: EMSC
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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
Sat, 8 Dec 2018
Sat, 8 Dec 16:33 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 8 Dec 18:12 UTCM 4.1 / 10 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 10 Dec 2018
Mon, 10 Dec 05:17 UTCM 4.0 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 12 Dec 2018
Wed, 12 Dec 01:13 UTCM 4.1 / 19 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 12 Dec 18:40 UTCM 4.1 / 14 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 13 Dec 2018
Thu, 13 Dec 10:08 UTCM 4.0 / 19 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 13 Dec 14:23 UTCM 4.0 / 28 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 14 Dec 2018
Fri, 14 Dec 09:41 UTCM 4.2 / 8 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 17 Dec 2018
Mon, 17 Dec 00:45 UTCM 4.0 / 6 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 17 Dec 15:13 UTCM 4.0 / 15 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 18 Dec 2018
Tue, 18 Dec 03:15 UTCM 4.1 / 33 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 21 Dec 2018
Fri, 21 Dec 17:28 UTCM 4.0 / 12 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 23 Dec 2018
Sun, 23 Dec 18:47 UTCM 4.3 / 4 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 25 Dec 2018
Tue, 25 Dec 23:25 UTCM 4.0 / 37 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 28 Dec 2018
Fri, 28 Dec 00:28 UTCM 4.0 / 5 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 30 Dec 2018
Sun, 30 Dec 10:08 UTCM 4.5 / 13 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 1 Jan 2019
Tue, 1 Jan 11:07 UTCM 4.2 / 11 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 1 Jan 23:51 UTCM 4.2 / 3 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 8 Jan 2019
Tue, 8 Jan 12:27 UTCM 4.1 / 17 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 9 Jan 2019
Wed, 9 Jan 08:32 UTCM 4.1 / 6 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 10 Jan 2019
Thu, 10 Jan 09:06 UTCM 4.1 / 11 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 11 Jan 2019
Fri, 11 Jan 20:43 UTCM 4.0 / 13 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Wed, 16 Jan 08:09 UTCM 4.1 / 40 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 17 Jan 2019
Thu, 17 Jan 01:42 UTCM 4.0 / 5 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 17 Jan 23:12 UTCM 4.0 / 30 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 18 Jan 2019
Fri, 18 Jan 00:26 UTCM 4.1 / 15 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 (6 earthquakes)
Tue, 22 Jan 07:42 UTCM 3.3 / 13 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 22 Jan 08:02 UTCM 3.3 / 27 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 22 Jan 08:23 UTCM 3.1 / 25 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 22 Jan 09:13 UTCM 3.4 / 34 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 22 Jan 09:43 UTCM 3.3 / 19 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 22 Jan 10:37 UTCM 3.3 / 32 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
Thu, 24 Jan 09:29 UTCM 4.2 / 26 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 25 Jan 2019
Fri, 25 Jan 07:34 UTCM 4.3 / 6 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 25 Jan 18:59 UTCM 4.2 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 25 Jan 19:04 UTCM 4.2 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 27 Jan 2019
Sun, 27 Jan 14:47 UTCM 4.3 / 8 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 28 Jan 2019
Mon, 28 Jan 01:55 UTCM 4.1 / 34 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 28 Jan 09:57 UTCM 4.2 / 15 km - [info]OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 2019
Wed, 30 Jan 09:58 UTCM 4.1 / 3 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 31 Jan 2019
Thu, 31 Jan 20:47 UTCM 4.0 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 31 Jan 21:23 UTCM 4.1 / 7 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 1 Feb 2019
Fri, 1 Feb 15:43 UTCM 4.1 / 14 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
Tue, 5 Feb 21:09 UTCM 4.1 / 41 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 6 Feb 2019
Wed, 6 Feb 01:19 UTCM 4.0 / 29 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 6 Feb 02:25 UTCM 4.1 / 9 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 7 Feb 2019
Thu, 7 Feb 07:14 UTCM 4.2 / 13 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 11 Feb 2019
Mon, 11 Feb 10:18 UTCM 4.0 / 16 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Feb 2019
Tue, 12 Feb 06:14 UTCM 4.0 / 16 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 18 Feb 2019
Mon, 18 Feb 12:08 UTCM 4.0 / 11 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO
I FELT IT		[Map]EMSC

 

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