- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 17, 2000 CE
- Location:
- 4 km ENE of Nuevo Amatenango, Mexico
- Magnitude:
- 5.8 Mwc
- Depth:
- 180.5 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 3.716
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.8
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 6.3
Other earthquake records of 2000 CE
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Bengkulu, Enggano · Mw 7.9 · 103 deaths
- Indonesia, Sulawesi: Luwuk, Banggai, Peleng · Mw 7.6 · 54 deaths
- Azerbaijan, Baku · Mw 6.8 · 31 deaths
- Turkmenistan, Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi · Mw 7 · 11 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Yaoan County · Mw 5.9 · 7 deaths
- Nicaragua, Masaya · Mw 5.4 · 7 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.8 - 4 km ENE of Nuevo Amatenango, Mexico (2000 CE) happen?
- October 17, 2000 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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