M8.2 Earthquake — 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake

A magnitude 8.2 (great) earthquake struck 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake on 2017-09-08 04:49 UTC, at a depth of 47 km. See it live on Earth Live's real-time 3D globe.

USGS PAGER red: high casualties and extensive damage probable — the USGS estimate of human and economic impact.

This is the USGS oceanic-region flag. It is not a tsunami warning. For official alerts check tsunami.gov and your national authority.

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Source: USGS event page. The TNT equivalent is computed from the magnitude with the standard Gutenberg–Richter energy relation; all other figures are USGS's own.

This area's earthquake history

In the year before this quake, USGS recorded 170 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more within 300 km.

Strongest recorded within 300 km since 1900:

• M7.8 — Central Chiapas, Mexico · 1902-09-23
• M7.6 — 5 km SSW of San Miguel Suchixtepec, Mexico · 1931-01-15
• M7.5 — Near Quetzaltenango, Guatemala · 1902-04-19

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