Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 02 Jun 2017 03:02 UTC

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M 4.6 in Mexico on 02 Jun 2017 03:02 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.8907 , -109.0479
Event Date:	02 Jun 2017 03:02 UTC 01 Jun 2017 20:02 Local
Exposed Population:	About 27000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20009j5n
Inserted at:	02 Jun 2017 03:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20009j5n	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
1169638		0	02 Jun 2017 03:02	4.6M, 10km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	NEIC

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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 Baja California Sur (population 345,682) . The nearest places are Punta Arena, Punta Colorada, Los Tesos, La Ribera, Los Frailes, and Las Palmas.

Radius	Population
100 km	27000 people
75 km	9400 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
Baja California Sur	Mexico	350000 people
Sinaloa	Mexico	2.4 million people
Durango	Mexico	1.5 million people
Sonora	Mexico	2 million people
Chihuahua	Mexico	2.7 million people
Nayarit	Mexico	900000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Punta Arena	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Punta Colorada	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Los Tesos	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
La Ribera	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Los Frailes	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Las Palmas	Baja California Sur	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
Punta Colorada	PCO	unknown				0	57 km
Punta Pescadero		7				0	69 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Buenavista		Mexico	69 km

More information

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