M 4.9 in Mexico on 16 May 2017 12:52 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: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.2827 , -105.2154
Event Date: 16 May 2017 12:52 UTC
16 May 2017 05:52 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008sq0
Inserted at: 16 May 2017 13:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008sq0 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1168022 0 16 May 2017 12:52 4.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:19 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 Michoacan (population 3,859,507) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Michoacan Mexico 3.9 million people
Colima Mexico 470000 people
Jalisco Mexico 5.8 million people
Guerrero Mexico 2.9 million people
Nayarit Mexico 900000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.