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Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Oaxaca, Mexico on Saturday, 17 February 2018

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Oaxaca, Mexico on Saturday, 17 February 2018

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Oaxaca, Mexico on Saturday, 17 February 2018
Date & time: Sat, 17 Feb 00:36:53 UTC
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.12°N / 97.82°W (Mexique)
Nearest volcano: Pico de Orizaba (329 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience with us and submit a short "I felt it" report.
You can use your GPS or device location as well to show where you were during the earthquake. - Merci!.

Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
HeureMag. / DepthLocationMapSource

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shake map
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Cuernavaca Morelos / MMI IV (Light shaking)
Germany, Bielefeld / not felt: I am earthquake sensitive.I hear a hectic hum some hours before there is a strong earthquake somewhere in the world. The hum gets more hectic at the exact time of the quake and it stops when the quake is over.I could not hear this hum before 2016, it began a few weeks before Amatrice earthquake, became very hectic in the exact moment of Amatrice earthquake and stopped when the quake was over. I heard it during Peking quake, and it is very strange that I heard it so far away in Germany. I heard t
Jiutepec, Morelos / MMI VI (Strong shaking): Strong shaking MM V1
(84.6 km ESE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking): Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Die Gebäude haben stark geschwankt und viele Leute rannten raus auf die Strasse. Es gab auch noch einige Nachbeben
(396.6 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking): Apenas percibido
(389.8 km NNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking): Solo leve movimiento desde el poniente de la Ciudad de México.
(392.3 km NNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking)
(320.9 km NNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking): Scary to know the building might fall over you. September 19 on my mind still
(801.3 km E from epicenter) [Map] / MMI II (Very weak shaking)
Oaxaca de juarez / MMI VI (Strong shaking)
(392.4 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking)
Veracruz poblado de tepiscolhoyo / MMI IX (Violent shaking)
Puerto de Veracruz, México (380.9 km NNE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking)
(321.5 km N from epicenter) [Map] / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
panama city / not felt
Toluca México / MMI IV (Light shaking)
Tehuacán, Puebla / MMI V (Moderate shaking): Un jalón se sintio
Puebla / MMI IV (Light shaking): Mucho más leve que el anterior
Oaxaca d e JuarezOaxaca / MMI II (Very weak shaking): Building creaked and settled.
Cuahutemoc, MExico City / MMI VI (Strong shaking)
Ciudad de México (Mexico) (391 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Leve pero si se sintió (via EMSC)
San Francisco Tetlanohcan (Mexico) (341 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Leve (via EMSC)
Acapulco (Mexico) (236 km W from epicenter)(no details): Réplica (via EMSC)
(Mexico) (454 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió levemente (via EMSC)
Ecatepec de Morelos (Mexico) (389 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió muy leve en Ecatepec, Estado de México (via EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico) (385 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Un ligero movimiento. Nada significativo. Imperceptible si se estaba en movimiento. (via EMSC)
De los Deportes (Mexico) (383 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Acaba de volver a sentirse un temblor en Ciudad de México. Yo estoy en la colonia Nochebuena. Fue de internet dudas moderada como a las 6:40pm (via EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico) (371 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Sentimos un movimiento como réplica en este momento (via EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico) (367 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Fue como la sensacion que queda de seguir temblando despues de un sismo fuerte. (via EMSC)
Chiautempan (Mexico) (349 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Sólo lo sentí leve (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
HeureMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 6 Dec 2018
Thu, 6 Dec 13:52 UTCM 4.1 / 28 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 7 Dec 2018
Fri, 7 Dec 18:28 UTCM 4.0 / 4 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 8 Dec 2018
Sat, 8 Dec 14:40 UTCM 4.0 / 15 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
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 02:12 UTCM 4.4 / 56 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 18 Dec 03:15 UTCM 4.1 / 33 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 18 Dec 03:28 UTCM 4.1 / 28 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, 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
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
Sat, 5 Jan 2019
Sat, 5 Jan 07:20 UTCM 4.2 / 5 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 8 Jan 2019
Tue, 8 Jan 02:08 UTCM 4.1 / 10 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
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
Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Tue, 15 Jan 12:48 UTCM 4.8 / 61 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 11:04 UTCM 4.0 / 46 km - [info]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
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
Thu, 31 Jan 23:19 UTCM 4.1 / 54 km - [info]GUERRERO, MEXICO[Map]EMSC

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