  A redshift tomography of the Pantheon type Ia supernovae (SnIa) data focusing
on the best fit value of the absolute magnitude $M$ and/or Hubble constant
$H_0$ in the context of $\Lambda$CDM indicates a local variation ($z\lesssim
0.2$) at $2\sigma$ level, with respect to the best fit of the full dataset. If
this variation is physical, it can be interpreted either as a locally higher
value of $H_0$, corresponding to a local matter underdensity $\delta
\rho_0/\rho_0 \simeq -0.10 \pm 0.04$ or as a time variation of Newton's
constant which implies an evolving Chandrasekhar mass and thus an evolving
absolute magnitude $M$ of SnIa. The local void scenario would predict an
anisotropy in the best fit value of $H_0$ since it is unlikely that we are
located at the center of a local spherical underdensity. Using a hemisphere
comparison method we find an anisotropy level consistent with simulated
isotropic datasets. We show however, that the anisotropic sky distribution of
the Pantheon SnIa data induces a preferred range of directions even in
simulated Pantheon data obtained in the context of isotropic $\Lambda$CDM. We
thus construct a more isotropically distributed subset of the Pantheon SnIa and
show that the preferred range of directions disappears. Using this subset we
again find no evidence for anisotropy using either the hemisphere comparison
method or the dipole fit method. In the context of the modified gravity
scenario, we allow for an evolving normalized Newton's constant consistent with
General Relativity (GR) at early and late times $\mu(z)=1+g_a z^2/(1+z)^2-g_a
z^4/(1+z)^4$ and fit for $g_a$ assuming $L\sim G_{\rm{eff}}^b$. For $b=-3/2$
indicated by previous studies we find $g_a=-0.47 \pm 0.36$ which is more than
$1.5\sigma$ away from the GR value of $g_a=0$. This weak hint for weaker
gravity at low $z$ is consistent with similar evidence from growth and weak
lensing data.
