Which Happened First?

2017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake

2017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake
Image: Presidencia de la República Mexicana · CC BY 2.0 · source

The 2017 Chiapas earthquake struck at 23:49 CDT on 7 September in the Gulf of Tehuantepec off the southern coast of Mexico near the state of Chiapas, approximately 87 kilometres (54 mi) southwest of Pijijiapan, with a Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The moment magnitude was estimated to be Mw 8.2.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. 2016 Ecuador earthquakeApril 16, 2016
  2. 2016 Kaohsiung earthquakeFebruary 6, 2016
  3. 2016 Kumamoto earthquakesApril 2016
  4. 2017 Central Mexico earthquakeSeptember 19, 2017
  5. 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquakeNovember 12, 2017
  6. 2017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake (this page)September 7, 2017

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