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2018 Oaxaca earthquake

2018 CE · Mexico, North America · Disaster

2018 Oaxaca earthquake
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The 2018 Oaxaca earthquake occurred on February 16, 2018, at 17:39 local time 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 on the Mercalli intensity scale. The hypocenter was located at a depth of 24.

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