Magnitude 4.8 - OAXACA, MEXICO 2011 December 16 13:02:24 UTC

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Magnitude 4.8

Date-Time Friday, December 16, 2011 at 13:02:24 UTC

Friday, December 16, 2011 at 07:02:24 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones



Location 16.271°N, 98.176°W

Depth 18.7 km (11.6 miles)

Region OAXACA, MEXICO

Distances 177 km (109 miles) SSW of Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico

178 km (110 miles) WSW of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

188 km (116 miles) WNW of Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico

364 km (226 miles) SSE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico



Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 21.3 km (13.2 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)

Parameters NST=108, Nph=112, Dmin=149.2 km, Rmss=1.32 sec, Gp=112°,

M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4

Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)



Event ID usc00077e2



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Mexico


•1887 05 03 - Northern Sonora, Mexico - M 7.4 Fatalities 51

•1907 04 15 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7

•1911 06 07 - Off Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7 Fatalities 45

•1931 01 15 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.8 Fatalities 114

•1932 06 03 - Jalisco, Mexico - M 8.1 Fatalities 45

•1932 06 18 - Colima, Mexico - M 7.8

•1957 07 28 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.9 Fatalities 68

•1959 08 26 - Vera Cruz, Mexico - M 6.8 Fatalities 20

•1962 05 11 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.0 Fatalities 4

•1962 05 19 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 3

•1964 07 06 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 6.9 Fatalities 30

•1965 08 23 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.3 Fatalities 6

•1968 08 02 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 18

•1979 10 15 - Imperial Valley, Mexico - California Border - M 6.4

•1985 09 19 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 8.0 Fatalities 9,500

•1999 06 15 - Central Mexico - M 7.0

•1999 09 30 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.5

•2002 02 22 - near Mexicali, Mexico - M 5.7

•2002 12 10 - Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 4.8

•2003 01 22 - Offshore Colima, Mexico - M 7.6 Fatalities 29

•2003 09 11 - near Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 3.7

•2004 06 15 - Offshore Baja California, Mexico - M 5.1

•2006 01 04 - Gulf of California - M 6.6

•2006 08 11 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 5.9

•2008 02 12 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 6.5

•2009 08 03 - Gulf of California - M 6.9

•2009 12 30 - Baja California, Mexico - M 5.9

•2010 04 04 - Baja California, Mexico - M 7.2 Fatalities 2