Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 28 Mar 2016 00:12 UTC

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M 4.7 in Mexico on 28 Mar 2016 00:12 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:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	30.2236 , -114.1722
Event Date:	28 Mar 2016 00:12 UTC 27 Mar 2016 17:12 Local
Exposed Population:	About 13000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	28 Mar 2016 00:42 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
1123488		0	28 Mar 2016 00:12	4.7M, 10km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)		00:29	NEIC

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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 Baja California (population 1,806,829) . The nearest places are Calamajuï¿½, Junco, Asamblea, Puertecitos, Molino, and Molino Lacy.

Radius	Population
100 km	14000 people
75 km	4500 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Baja California	Mexico	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Puertecitos	Baja California	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Junco	Baja California	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Molino Lacy	Baja California	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Molino	Baja California	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Asamblea	Baja California	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Calamajuï¿½	Baja California	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
Rancho Santa Ynez		610					74 km
Rancho Santa Ynes		671					75 km

More information

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