Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 07 Jan 2017 06:16 UTC

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M 4.7 in Mexico on 07 Jan 2017 06:16 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:	Km
Lat/Lon:	16.3774 , -98.5466
Event Date:	07 Jan 2017 06:16 UTC 07 Jan 2017 00:16 Local
Exposed Population:	730000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007rtw
Inserted at:	07 Jan 2017 06:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007rtw	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1153238		0	07 Jan 2017 06:16	4.7M, 46.02km	N/A	730 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	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 Guerrero (population 2,867,451) . The nearest places are San Nicolás, Las Conchitas, Tierra Colorada, Cuajinicuilapa, Santiago, Armenta, Vista Hermosa, Huanacastle, Piedra Ancha, San Juan Bautista lo de Soto, and San Andres.

Radius	Population
100 km	730000 people
75 km	460000 people
50 km	170000 people
20 km	30000 people
10 km	3400 people
5 km	1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Nicolás	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	6 km
Las Conchitas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	11 km
Tierra Colorada	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	15 km
Cuajinicuilapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	9300 people	18 km
Santiago	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Armenta	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Vista Hermosa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Huanacastle	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Piedra Ancha	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
San Juan Bautista lo de Soto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Ciruelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Marquelia	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	6800 people	37 km
Ometepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	18000 people	38 km
Igualapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Acatepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Huanjintepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
La Soledad	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Azoyú	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	4200 people	43 km
Lo de Liborio	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Pie Cerro	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Alto de las Mesas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Cacahuatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3600 people	49 km
San Luis Acatlan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Copala	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	6800 people	52 km
Pinotepa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Tlacoachixtlahuaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Quetzalapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Xochistlahuaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	3500 people	56 km
Achiotes	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
San Cristóbal	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Cuautepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	3400 people	60 km
Jicayan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4200 people	61 km
Ipalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Coacoyulichan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Huehuetono	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Iliatenco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Chico Ometepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
San Andres	Oaxaca	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
Ta lo de Soto		149				0	19 km
Pinotepa Nacional	PNO	unknown				0	51 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	El Guineo	Nexpa	1985	83 km

More information

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