Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 27 Mar 2017 10:48 UTC

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M 4.6 in Mexico on 27 Mar 2017 10:48 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:	79.08 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.257 , -95.3098
Event Date:	27 Mar 2017 10:48 UTC 27 Mar 2017 04:48 Local
Exposed Population:	900000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008uzl
Inserted at:	27 Mar 2017 11:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-1		-1
us20008uzl	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
1161915		-1	27 Mar 2017 10:48	4.6M, 79.08km	N/A	910 thousand (in 100km)		00:50	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 San Jerónimo Zoochina, San José de las Flores, Santiago Tula, Guayabal, Zapote, Borracho, San Juan Ozolotepec, Aguacatenango, La Estrella, San Juan Mazatlán, and Los Tigres.

Radius	Population
100 km	910000 people
75 km	360000 people
50 km	140000 people
20 km	27000 people
10 km	11000 people
5 km	3500 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 Jerónimo Zoochina	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	8 km
San José de las Flores	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
Santiago Tula	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	16 km
Guayabal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Zapote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Borracho	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
San Juan Ozolotepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Aguacatenango	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
La Estrella	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
San Juan Mazatlán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Campanario	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Palo Grande	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Reyes	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Platanillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Jesús Carranza	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	3500 people	37 km
Boca del Monte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Doña Mariana	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Jaltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Acatlán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Guichicovi	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4300 people	41 km
Yogope	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Cascajo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Mogone	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Arena	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Coatlán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Boca de Sochiapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Chisme	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Amates	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Yelesia	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Hacienda del Corte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Matías Romero	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	20000 people	51 km
Santo Domingo Petapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Hueva de Humboldt	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Bajo Grande	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Jalahuí	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Boca Chalchijapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Ermita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Guexchoza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Chahuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Abasolo del Valle	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Álvaro Díaz	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
El Modelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Alotepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Camatlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Zacatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
La Chivisha	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Juanita	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Almoloya	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Santiago Lachivia	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Agotepe	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Ojo de Agua	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Lalana	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Carnicería	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Azufre	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Choápam	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Los Tigres	Veracruz	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
Ixtepec	IZT	unknown				0	80 km
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	91 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Presidente Benito Juarez	Tehuantepec	1961	90 km

More information

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