- North Pacific Ocean, 96 km southwest of San Luqueño, Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico, on Sunday, 10 September 2017 at 03:07 (GMT)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 8.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, 88 km southwest of Topon, Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico, 8 September 2017 04:49 GMT, which had occurred 1 jour 22 heures earlier.
- North Pacific Ocean, 96 km southwest of San Luqueño, Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico, on Sunday, 10 September 2017 at 03:07 (GMT)

Tremblement de terre fort magnitude 5.5 at 10 km depth

10 Sep 03:13 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 7 minutes.
Sep 10 03:21: Magnitude recalculée de 5.3 à 5.5.
Date & time: 10 Sep 2017 03:07:19 UTC
Magnitude: 5.5
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.41°N / 94.49°W (Océan Pacifique Nord, Mexique)
Nearby towns and cities:
83 km SSO de Portillo Guayaba (pop: 10) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
109 km SO de Tonala (Tonalá) (pop: 35,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
111 km SO de Arriaga (pop: 24,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
114 km SE de Salina Cruz (pop: 76,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
127 km SSE de Juchitán de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
130 km SE de Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Tehuantepec) (pop: 42,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
141 km OSO de Pijijiapan (pop: 16,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
144 km SSE de Ixtepec (pop: 25,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
210 km SO de Tuxtla Gutiérrez (pop: 537,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
665 km SE de Mexico (pop: 12,294,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
393 km SO de Chinal Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
502 km SO de Isla Aguada Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1.1 x 1013 joules (3.12 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2682 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.510 kmNear Coast of Oaxaca, MexicoGFZ
M 5.758 km OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICOEMSC
M 5.753 km- 80km SW of Paredon, MexicoUSGS

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User reports for this quake (13)

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U.K. / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Woke me from sleep, dreamed about being in earthquake but so far again can't be. So real looked for it
D (676.8 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Tlalnepantla (688.7 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
337.2 km NNE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Tlalnepantla (Mexico, 685 km NW of epicenter) : Fue muy leve en Tlalnepantla de Baz (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 678 km NW of epicenter) : Otra vez... (reported through EMSC)
Mexico City (Mexico, 672 km NW of epicenter) : Fue corto pero sensible (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 672 km NW of epicenter) : Solo un ligero brinco (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 671 km NW of epicenter) : No sonó la alarma sísmica acaba de temblar (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 670 km NW of epicenter) : Temblo de nuevo en la ciudad de México. Se sintió como si una onda de choque hubiese levantado unos centímetros el edificio. (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 666 km NW of epicenter) : Fue un movimiento tipo sacudida que nos alertó ya que vibraron varias cosas de mi casa (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 665 km NW of epicenter) : Se escuchó como algo trono en la calle y sentí me sentí mareada pero fue por el temblor (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 665 km NW of epicenter) : México City, in Coyoacan area. I felt like an elevator in the last floor. (reported through EMSC)
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- North Pacific Ocean, 96 km southwest of San Luqueño, Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico, on Sunday, 10 September 2017 at 03:07 (GMT)
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