Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 10 Mar 2014 00:38 UTC

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M 5.8 in Mexico on 10 Mar 2014 00:38 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.0798 , -98.2672
Event Date:	10 Mar 2014 00:38 UTC 09 Mar 2014 18:38 Local
Exposed Population:	545682 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	10 Mar 2014 02:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1043342	0.7	10 Mar 2014 00:38	6.3M, 35km	N/A	550 thousand (in 100km)	00:19	NEIC
1043343	0.5	10 Mar 2014 00:38	5.8M, 10km	N/A	530 thousand (in 100km)	00:47	NEIC
1043344	0.5	10 Mar 2014 00:38	5.8M, 10km	N/A	550 thousand (in 100km)	01:55	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 Pie Cerro, Ciruelo, Achiotes, Armenta, Santiago, Chico Ometepec, Lo de Liborio, Las Conchitas, Pinotepa, La Tuza, and San Francisco.

Radius	Population
100 km	570000 people
75 km	330000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pie Cerro	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Ciruelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Achiotes	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Armenta	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Santiago	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Chico Ometepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Lo de Liborio	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Las Conchitas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Pinotepa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
La Tuza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
San Andres	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Huanacastle	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Cuajinicuilapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	9300 people	45 km
El Platanillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
San Nicolás	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Jicayan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4200 people	49 km
San Juan Bautista lo de Soto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Jamiltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	9800 people	50 km
Alto de las Mesas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Yegüey	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Piedra Ancha	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Huanjintepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Cacahuatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3600 people	58 km
Tierra Colorada	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
El Cacao	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
San Cristóbal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Vista Hermosa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Cumbre	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Ipalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Ometepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	18000 people	68 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	69 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
Pinotepa Nacional	PNO	unknown				0	35 km
Ta lo de Soto		149				0	44 km

More information

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