Mag. 4.5 earthquake - 1.5 km north of Piedra de Casa, Mesones Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Wednesday, 11 October 2017 at 02:45 (GMT)

Mag. 4.5 earthquake - 1.5 km north of Piedra de Casa, Mesones Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Wednesday, 11 October 2017 at 02:45 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 40 km depth

11 Oct 03:01 UTC: Premier à signaler: EMSC après 16 minutes.
Profondeur recalculée de 24.0 à 61.0 km.
Profondeur recalculée de 61.0 à 40.0 km.
Date & time: 11 Oct 2017 02:45:03 UTC
Magnitude: 4.5
Profondeur: 40.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.96°N / 97.95°W (Mesones Hidalgo, État de Oaxaca, Mexique)
Nearby towns and cities:
2 km NNE de Piedra de Casa (pop: 176) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
8 km SSO de Putla Villa de Guerrero (pop: 10,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
24 km E de La Soledad (Guerrero) (pop: 1,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
37 km NNE de San Pedro Amuzgos (pop: 4,930) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
42 km S de Santiago Juxtlahuaca (pop: 9,570) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
45 km SO de Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (Centro) (pop: 17,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
57 km ENE de Ometepec (Guerrero) (pop: 24,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
70 km N de Pinotepa Nacional (pop: 29,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
131 km O de Oaxaca (pop: 255,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
301 km SSE de Mexico (Mexico City) (pop: 12,294,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 4.540 km OAXACA, MEXICOEMSC
M 4.561 km- 4km NW of Putla de Guerrero, MexicoUSGS

User reports for this quake (17)

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Cuautitlán Izcalli (Mexico, 321 km NW of epicenter) : No se sintió para nada en el estado de Méx. (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 307 km NW of epicenter) : En CDMX no se sintió (reported through EMSC)
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico, 226 km NW of epicenter) : Ligero movimiento. (reported through EMSC)
Cuautitlán Izcalli (Mexico, 320 km NW of epicenter) : No lo sentí. (reported through EMSC)
Naucalpan (Mexico, 309 km NW of epicenter) : Very mild reported epicentre at Pinotepa Oaxaca (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 304 km NW of epicenter) : Zona Norte de l Ciudad de México, imperceptible. (reported through EMSC)
Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico, 295 km NW of epicenter) : Un poco (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 288 km NW of epicenter) : No se sintió (reported through EMSC)
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico, 234 km NW of epicenter) : Fue terremoto? (reported through EMSC)
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico, 233 km NW of epicenter) : Esta aplicación me avisa después de media hora o de plano no me avisa nada... (reported through EMSC)
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico, 232 km NW of epicenter) : No se sintio (reported through EMSC)
Oaxaca (Mexico, 134 km E of epicenter) : Fue un jalón rápido (reported through EMSC)
Santiago Juxtlahuaca (Mexico, 42 km NW of epicenter) : Estuvo fuerte (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 303 km NW of epicenter) : Percepción muy leve en la CDMX (reported through EMSC)
Ciudad de México (Mexico, 296 km NW of epicenter) : No se sintió aquí en la cdmx (reported through EMSC)
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico, 229 km NW of epicenter) : Y avisa tarde está aplicación, ya pasando 20 minutos tarde y el objetivo q te avise momentos antes de suceda (reported through EMSC)
Oaxaca (Mexico, 129 km E of epicenter) : Leve (reported through EMSC)
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