Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico on Friday, 8 September 2017
Forte terremoto magnitudine 6.0 - North Pacific Ocean, 90 km a sud ovest da Manuel Avila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Tonala, Chiapas, Messico, venerdì, 08 settembre 2017
Questo terremoto era probabilmente un aftershock del M 8.1 terremoto: North Pacific Ocean, 88 km a sud ovest da Topon, Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Messico Fri, 8 Sep 2017 04:49 che si è verificato 4 ore prima.
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in Mexiko | Chiapas | Oaxaca | Mexico City

Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 10 km depth
8 Sep 08:41 UTC: Primo a segnalare: GFZ dopo 7 minuti.
Sep 8 08:49: Magnitudine ricalcolata da 5.8 a 6.0.
Sep 8 08:49: Magnitudine ricalcolata da 5.8 a 6.0.
Magnitudine: 6
Profondità: 10.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 15.18°N / 94.11°W

Vulcano più vicino: Tacana (203 km / 126 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
88 km SSO da Isla San Marcos (pop: 86) --> Vedi sismi vicini
108 km SSO da Tonala (Tonalá) (pop: 35,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
112 km OSO da Pijijiapan (pop: 16,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
120 km S da Arriaga (pop: 24,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
133 km OSO da Mapastepec (pop: 17,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
148 km SO da Villaflores (pop: 37,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
160 km SE da Salina Cruz (pop: 76,600) --> Vedi sismi vicini
170 km SE da Juchitan de Zaragoza (pop: 74,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
176 km SE da Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Tehuantepec) (pop: 42,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
712 km SE da Città del Messico (pop: 12,294,200) --> Vedi sismi vicini
388 km SO da Chinal Island --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Magnitudine | Profondità | Ubicazione | Fonte |
M 6.0 | 10 km | Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico | GFZ |
M 5.3 | 70 km | OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO | EMSC |
M 5.3 | 68 km | - 80km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico | USGS |
User reports for this quake (4)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Ciudad de México / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Cancun / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
369 km E of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
San Cristobal de las casas / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 90 km southwest of Manuel Avila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico, on Friday, 8 September 2017 at 08:34 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!