Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 24 Mar 2016 00:29 UTC

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M 4.9 in Mexico on 24 Mar 2016 00:29 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:	4.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.4762 , -97.7994
Event Date:	24 Mar 2016 00:29 UTC 23 Mar 2016 18:29 Local
Exposed Population:	869562 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	24 Mar 2016 00:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
	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
1123183		0.1	24 Mar 2016 00:29	4.9M, 10km	N/A	870 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 Oaxaca, Ipalapa, Pueblo Viejo, Pinotepa, San Andres, Cumbre, Ixtayutla, El Cacao, Jicayan, Jamiltepec, and San Cristï¿½bal.

Radius	Population
100 km	870000 people
75 km	590000 people
50 km	290000 people
20 km	48000 people
10 km	11000 people
5 km	2500 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Cristï¿½bal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	4 km
El Cacao	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	13 km
Ixtayutla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
La Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Jicayan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4200 people	19 km
Pueblo Viejo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Jamiltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	9800 people	22 km
San Andres	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Cumbre	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
Ipalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Pinotepa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Oaxaca	Oaxaca	Mexico	Major city	260000 people	133 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					32 km
Ta lo de Soto		149					64 km

More information

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