Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 03 Feb 2017 20:17 UTC

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M 4.6 in Mexico on 03 Feb 2017 20:17 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:	4.6M
Depth:	76.22 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.7332 , -92.5446
Event Date:	03 Feb 2017 20:17 UTC 03 Feb 2017 14:17 Local
Exposed Population:	2660000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008hhs
Inserted at:	03 Feb 2017 21:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Guatemala= 5.5; Mexico= 4.4

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-1		-1
us20008hhs	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
1156190		-1	03 Feb 2017 20:17	4.6M, 76.22km	N/A	2.7 million (in 100km)		00:48	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 Chiapas (population 3,524,501) . The nearest places are Puerto de San Benito, Mazatán, Buenos Aires, Barra de San José, Aquiles Serdan, Babilonia, Puerto Madero, La Concepion, Francisco I. Madero, Huehuetán, and Seccion Pacaya.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.3 million people
75 km	1.2 million people
50 km	630000 people
20 km	35000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Puerto de San Benito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	17 km
Mazatán	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5700 people	17 km
Buenos Aires	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Barra de San José	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Aquiles Serdan	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Babilonia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
Puerto Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9500 people	28 km
La Concepion	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Francisco I. Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Huehuetán	Chiapas	Mexico	City	7000 people	36 km
Tapachula	Chiapas	Mexico	City	200000 people	37 km
Benito Juárez	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Metapa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Huixtla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	29000 people	43 km
La Zacualpa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Lazaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Ciudad Hidalgo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Limones	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	47 km
El Arenal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Tecun Uman	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	48 km
Ocós	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
El Recuerdo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	50 km
Salvador Urbina	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Zanjón San Lorenzo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	51 km
Santa Ana	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	51 km
La Blanca	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	51 km
Tuxtla Chico	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	7100 people	51 km
El Naranjo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Agua Prieta	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Catarina	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	3000 people	54 km
Unión Costa Rica	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Pajapita	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	8000 people	58 km
Malacatán	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	58 km
La Esperanza	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Acapetagua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Chiquirines	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
San Francisco	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
El Amparo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	62 km
El Chilar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Navidad	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	62 km
Consuelo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Doña Maria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Berriozabal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
San Pablo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	13000 people	64 km
Escuintla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	8900 people	65 km
El Triunfo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Bethania	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
El Chico	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
Bullaj	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
Achuté	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
San Antonio Miramar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
El Tumbador	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	7500 people	69 km
Cunlaj	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	69 km
Seccion Pacaya	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	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
Tapachula International	TAP	29	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	22 km
Tapachula		110				0	32 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Madero	MXPMD	Mexico	17 km
Champerico	GTCHR	Guatemala	89 km

More information

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