Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 21 Sep 2017 11:44 UTC

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M 4.8 in Mexico on 21 Sep 2017 11:44 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:	100.11 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.7805 , -93.2903
Event Date:	21 Sep 2017 11:44 UTC 21 Sep 2017 06:44 Local
Exposed Population:	730000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000asex
Inserted at:	21 Sep 2017 12:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000asex	Scaled population (vector)	5.9
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-1
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1181422		0	21 Sep 2017 11:44	4.8M, 100.11km	N/A	730 thousand (in 100km)		00:16	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 El Porvenir, Pijijiapan, Espíritu Santo, Sólo Dios, Caña Brava, Tres Picos, San Juan Custepeque, Buenavista, La Hachada, Margaritas, and Libertad el Pajal.

Radius	Population
100 km	730000 people
75 km	430000 people
50 km	160000 people
20 km	40000 people
10 km	5500 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Porvenir	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	5 km
Pijijiapan	Chiapas	Mexico	City	15000 people	13 km
Espíritu Santo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
Sólo Dios	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	17 km
Caña Brava	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Tres Picos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	4900 people	28 km
San Juan Custepeque	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
La Hachada	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Margaritas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Custepec	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
San Miguel	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Las Toronjas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Cayetano	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Jericó	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Respingo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Dolores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Plan de la Libertad	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
La Polca	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Altamira	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Villa Corzo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9100 people	45 km
Los Amates	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Boquerón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Las Mercedes	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
El Edén	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Villa Flores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Guadalupe Victoria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
El Carmen	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Santiago	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Madre Mía	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
El Espinal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Pasito de la Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	57 km
La Victoria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Liquidambar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Arista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Tonalá	Chiapas	Mexico	City	32000 people	60 km
El Salvador	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Pueblo Viejo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Jallenango	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	62 km
Neustra Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
San Antonio	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Flores Magón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
San Francisco	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
La Esperanza	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Paredón Viejo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Cristóbal Obregón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	4100 people	68 km
Libertad el Pajal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 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	48 km
Angostura	La Angostura	Grijalva	1974	88 km

More information

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