What the records say
- When
- 8 Sep 2017
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 15.02° N, 93.90° W
- Deaths
- 98
- Injuries
- 251
- Damage musd
- 4000
- Houses destroyed
- 47468
- Max water height m
- 2.7
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.2
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2017 Chiapas earthquake
8.2 Mw earthquake and tsunami off of Mexico and Guatemala
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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