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08 September 2017

ALERT: Mw 8.0 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO 86 km SW Buenavista 08/09/2017 04:49 (UTC)

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EARTHQUAKE on 08/09/2017 at 04:49 (UTC)
OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO 86 km SW Buenavista

MAGNITUDE: Mw 8.0

Data provided by: AT GFZ KAN PT PTWC

Latitude = 15.13 N
Longitude = 93.95 W
Origin Time = 04:49:14.1 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km (f)
RMS = 1.64 sec
Gap = 55 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 10.3 Km
- Semi minor = 5.4 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 50 degrees

Number of data used = 118

Preliminary location computed on Fri Sep 8 05:05:06 2017 (UTC)
Done by Johann Bailleul

Comments :

Message number: 2505

All magnitudes estimations :
Mi7.8 (AT) M 8.0 (GFZ) Mw8.2 (KAN) Mi8.0 (PT) Mw
8.0 (PTWC)

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