Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 31 Mar 2017 09:58 UTC

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M 5.4 in Mexico on 31 Mar 2017 09:58 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:	5.4M
Depth:	99.39 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.7223 , -93.002
Event Date:	31 Mar 2017 09:58 UTC 31 Mar 2017 03:58 Local
Exposed Population:	1040000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008dh0
Inserted at:	31 Mar 2017 10:21 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	-0.4		-0.4
us10008dh0	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
1162354		-0.4	31 Mar 2017 09:58	5.4M, 99.39km	N/A	1 million (in 100km)		00:23	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 Custepec, Plan de la Libertad, Altamira, Ca�a Brava, Jeric�, Las Toronjas, Pijijiapan, San Juan Custepeque, Margaritas, Liquidambar, and Respingo.

Radius	Population
100 km	1 million people
75 km	460000 people
50 km	190000 people
20 km	6600 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 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
Custepec	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	4 km
Plan de la Libertad	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	13 km
Altamira	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	16 km
Ca�a Brava	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Jeric�	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Las Toronjas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
Pijijiapan	Chiapas	Mexico	City	15000 people	23 km
San Juan Custepeque	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Margaritas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Liquidambar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
La Victoria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
El Espinal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Guadalupe Victoria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	34 km
Jallenango	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	35 km
El Porvenir	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Boquer�n	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Libertad el Pajal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Palenque	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Flores Mag�n	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
S�lo Dios	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Pasito de la Se�ora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Esp�ritu Santo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Santiago	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Neustra Se�ora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Dolores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
San Rafael	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
San Francisco	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
El Salvador	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Rosario Zacatonal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
El Chilar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Do�a Maria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Escuintla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	8900 people	55 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
San Miguel	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Villa Corzo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9100 people	58 km
La Concordia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	7300 people	58 km
La Hachada	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Tres Picos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	4900 people	59 km
Acapetagua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Honduras	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
San Antonio	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Los Vados	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Villa Flores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Navarra	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Nuevo M�xico	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
El Triunfo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Cachi	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
El Arenal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Pueblo Viejo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Don Juan	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Cayetano	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Respingo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	El Portillo	Cuxtepeques	1980	32 km
Angostura	La Angostura	Grijalva	1974	79 km

More information

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