Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 23 Sep 2017 13:24 UTC

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M 4.8 in Mexico on 23 Sep 2017 13:24 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.7308 , -94.9123
Event Date:	23 Sep 2017 13:24 UTC 23 Sep 2017 08:24 Local
Exposed Population:	750000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000atk8
Inserted at:	23 Sep 2017 14:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000atk8	Scaled population (vector)	6.01
	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
1181649		0	23 Sep 2017 13:24	4.8M, 10km	N/A	750 thousand (in 100km)		00:38	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 Carnicería, Cordoncillo, Chahuite, Escuilapa, San Miguel Chimalapa, Agua Escondida, Almoloya, Matías Romero, Agua Caliente, Agua Fría, and Yegogenda.

Radius	Population
100 km	760000 people
75 km	600000 people
50 km	300000 people
20 km	37000 people
10 km	5000 people
5 km	<1000 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
Carnicería	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	4 km
Cordoncillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	7 km
Chahuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	12 km
Escuilapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	16 km
San Miguel Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	17 km
Agua Escondida	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Almoloya	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Matías Romero	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	20000 people	19 km
Agua Caliente	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Agua Fría	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Mogone	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Santo Domingo Petapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Guichicovi	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4300 people	29 km
Soledad	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Ciudad Ixtepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	-	32 km
Cacaotal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Asunción	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Cabrera	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Ixaltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Unión Hidalgo	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	12000 people	34 km
Guexchoza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Boca del Monte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Chicapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
El Modelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Charnehuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Niltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3200 people	39 km
Juchitan	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	66000 people	40 km
Comitancillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3800 people	42 km
Los Icacos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Platanillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Hacienda del Corte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Camarón	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Niza Viahui	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Santa María Xandani	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Conchita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
La Chivisha	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Zapote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Hueva de Humboldt	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Majada Coyote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
San Dionisio del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3300 people	53 km
Palo Grande	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Aguacatenango	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Cocú	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Lagarto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Lachiloya	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Las Pilas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Doña Mariana	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
San Jerónimo Zoochina	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Tehuantepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	37000 people	62 km
Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Pesquería	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
La Majada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
San Juan Mazatlán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Costa Rica	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Coatlán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Chico Zapote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Ixhuatán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	5500 people	66 km
Zanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	6900 people	66 km
San Francisco del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4000 people	67 km
Yegogenda	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 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	32 km
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	40 km
Salina Cruz	SCX	23				0	70 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Salina Cruz	MXSCX	Mexico	75 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Presidente Benito Juarez	Tehuantepec	1961	65 km

More information

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