Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 23 Feb 2017 09:47 UTC

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M 4.8 in Mexico on 23 Feb 2017 09:47 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:	4.8M
Depth:	75.03 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.1889 , -95.4139
Event Date:	23 Feb 2017 09:47 UTC 23 Feb 2017 03:47 Local
Exposed Population:	600000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008lqk
Inserted at:	23 Feb 2017 10:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.9		-0.9
us20008lqk	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
1158368		-0.9	23 Feb 2017 09:47	4.8M, 75.03km	N/A	610 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 Caja de Agua, Desiderio, Majada Villalobos, Concepción, Calzada, La Puerta, Tenango, Garrapateras, Tehuantepec, Salina Cruz, and Chicapa.

Radius	Population
100 km	610000 people
75 km	430000 people
50 km	240000 people
20 km	12000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 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
Caja de Agua	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	5 km
Desiderio	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	12 km
Majada Villalobos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	15 km
Concepción	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	15 km
Calzada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
La Puerta	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Tenango	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
Garrapateras	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Tehuantepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	37000 people	24 km
Salina Cruz	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	74000 people	24 km
Las Pilas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Agua Calientes	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Borjas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Magdalena Tequisistlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3800 people	30 km
Astata	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Lagarto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Tlacolulita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Niza Viahui	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
El Portillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Comitancillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3800 people	43 km
El Coyol	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Agonía	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Lachiloya	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Camarón	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Costa Rica	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Yegogenda	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Santa María Xandani	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Juchitan	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	66000 people	50 km
Santa María Ecatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Ixaltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Cabrera	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Asunción	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Ciudad Ixtepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	-	53 km
Guaje Colorado	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Albino Zárate	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Llano de Cal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
La Chivisha	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Río Grande	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Candelaria	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Ayutla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
San Isidro Chacalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Guexchoza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
San Juan Lajarcia	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Chontecomatlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Agua Blanca	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Hueva de Humboldt	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Agua Caliente	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
San Bartolo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Pesquería	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Agua Fría	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Unión Hidalgo	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	12000 people	70 km
Chicapa	Oaxaca	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
Salina Cruz	SCX	23				0	23 km
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	46 km
Ixtepec	IZT	unknown				0	54 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Salina Cruz	MXSCX	Mexico	23 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Presidente Benito Juarez	Tehuantepec	1961	28 km

More information

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