Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 23 May 2015 11:13 UTC

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M 4.5 in Mexico on 23 May 2015 11:13 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:	4.5M
Depth:	41.01 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.0083 , -99.5303
Event Date:	23 May 2015 11:13 UTC 23 May 2015 06:13 Local
Exposed Population:	1905751 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	23 May 2015 11:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1081687		0	23 May 2015 11:13	4.5M, 41.01km	N/A	1.9 million (in 100km)		00:31	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 Guerrero (population 2,867,451) . The nearest places are Agua del Perro, Las Mesas, Dos Arroyos, El Limón, Tierra Colorada, Solapa, Ejido Nuevo, Agua Zarca de la Peña, Bejuco, Jaltianguis, and Coacoyulichan.

Radius	Population
100 km	2 million people
75 km	1.5 million people
50 km	1 million people
20 km	43000 people
10 km	6500 people
5 km	1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Agua del Perro	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	7 km
Las Mesas	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	10 km
Dos Arroyos	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	11 km
El Limón	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	11 km
Tierra Colorada	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	10000 people	17 km
Solapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Ejido Nuevo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Agua Zarca de la Peña	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Bejuco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
Jaltianguis	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
San Marcos	Guerrero	Mexico	City	12000 people	30 km
Colotepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
El Treinta	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Aguacatillo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Carrizal	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Cortijo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Nacaxtlán	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
El Marqués	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Acahuizotla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Xicuiltepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Inscuinatoyac	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Coaxtlahuacan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Acapulco	Guerrero	Mexico	Major city	640000 people	42 km
Ceutla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Tixtlacingo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Bajos del Ejido	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Caridad	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Coapinola	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Tolixtlahuaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Ayutla	Guerrero	Mexico	City	9900 people	50 km
Mauricio Gutiérrez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Petaquilla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
El Puente	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Salto de Valadez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
San Vicente	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Quechultenango	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	5000 people	55 km
Coyuca de Benítez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Manzintla	Guerrero	Mexico	City	-	57 km
Jaleaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Amofiloco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Cruz Grande	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	9800 people	58 km
Chilpancingo	Guerrero	Mexico	Major city	160000 people	59 km
Colotlipa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Cuatepin	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Tepetixtla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Tixtla	Guerrero	Mexico	City	21000 people	64 km
Xochitepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Pascala	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Cuautepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	3400 people	69 km
Coacoyulichan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	70 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
Alvarez International	ACA	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10800	36 km
Pie de la Cuesta		6				0	47 km
Chilpancingo		1280	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	61 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Marques		Mexico	40 km
Acapulco	MXACA	Mexico	41 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	El Guineo	Nexpa	1985	47 km

More information

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