Contemporary era · 2018

2018 Oaxaca earthquake

The 2018 Oaxaca earthquake occurred on February 16, 2018, at 17:39 local time (23:39 UTC) in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in Oaxaca state in Southern Mexico. It had a magnitude of 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The hypocenter was located at a depth of 24.6 km and approximately 37 km northeast of Pinotepa de Don Luis.

2018 Oaxaca earthquake
2018 Oaxaca earthquake · United States Geological Survey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
14 Feb 2018
Where
Mexico
Era
Contemporary

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