Contemporary era · 2017
2017 Chiapas earthquake
The 2017 Chiapas earthquake struck at 23:49 CDT on 7 September (local time; 04:49 on the 8th UTC) in the Gulf of Tehuantepec off the southern coast of Mexico near the state of Chiapas, approximately 87 kilometres (54 mi) southwest of Pijijiapan (alternately, 101 kilometres (63 mi) south-southwest of Tres Picos), with a Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The moment magnitude was estimated to be Mw 8.2.
- When
- 7 Sept 2017
- Where
- Chiapas
- Era
- Contemporary
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Text from the Wikipedia article 2017 Chiapas earthquake, CC BY-SA 4.0