Overall Green Earthquake alert in Oaxaca, Mexico on 05 Jan 2020 04:40 UTC

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M 5.8 in Oaxaca, Mexico on 05 Jan 2020 04:40 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	97.24 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.4222 , -94.3471
Event Date:	05 Jan 2020 04:40 UTC 04 Jan 2020 22:40 Local
Exposed Population:	850000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70006uwq
Inserted at:	06 Jan 2020 04:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70006uwq	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1288858		0	05 Jan 2020 04:40	5.8M, 97.24km	4.32	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:03	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Mexico , State of Oaxaca (population 3,329,574) . The nearest places are Zanatepec, Cabestrada, Reforma, Cocú, Tapanatepec, Ixhuatán, Chico Zapote, Chahuites, Majada Coyote, San Francisco, and San Clemente.

Radius	Population
100 km	850000 people
75 km	430000 people
50 km	110000 people
20 km	36000 people
10 km	12000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people
Chiapas	Mexico	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Zanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	6900 people	6 km
Cabestrada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	10 km
Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	12 km
Cocú	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
Tapanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	7100 people	15 km
Ixhuatán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	5500 people	15 km
Chico Zapote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	16 km
Chahuites	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	9700 people	22 km
Majada Coyote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
La Majada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Huajapan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Los Icacos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Conchita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Descargadero de Puebla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Niltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3200 people	31 km
Xocotepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Guadalupe	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
San Francisco del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4000 people	37 km
Dolores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
El Roble	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Soledad	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Horizonte	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Charnehuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Cacaotal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
La Punta	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
La Providencia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
San Dionisio del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3300 people	44 km
Llano Grande	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Emiliano Zapata	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Chicapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Pesquería	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Unión Hidalgo	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	12000 people	52 km
Cachimba	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
San Miguel Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Arriaga	Chiapas	Mexico	City	22000 people	54 km
San Rafael	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Agua Escondida	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Villa del Mar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Las Cruces	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Agua Fría	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Los Álamos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Cordoncillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Escuilapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Paredón Viejo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
El Carmen	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
La Nuava	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
San Clemente	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	79 km
Ixtepec	IZT	unknown				0	82 km
Salina Cruz	SCX	23				0	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Salina Cruz	MXSCX	Mexico	96 km

More information

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