Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 21 Oct 2017 16:59 UTC

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M 4.8 in Mexico on 21 Oct 2017 16:59 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:	58.81 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.2836 , -97.741
Event Date:	21 Oct 2017 16:59 UTC 21 Oct 2017 11:59 Local
Exposed Population:	820000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000av9b
Inserted at:	21 Oct 2017 17:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000av9b	Scaled population (vector)	6.04
	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
1184751		0	21 Oct 2017 16:59	4.8M, 58.81km	N/A	820 thousand (in 100km)		00:17	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 Cumbre, Jamiltepec, El Cacao, El Platanillo, San Andres, Yegüey, Pueblo Viejo, San Francisco, San Cristóbal, Aguacate, and Carrizal.

Radius	Population
100 km	790000 people
75 km	460000 people
50 km	270000 people
20 km	43000 people
10 km	15000 people
5 km	2100 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
Cumbre	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	6 km
Jamiltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	9800 people	9 km
El Cacao	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	10 km
El Platanillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	15 km
San Andres	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Yegüey	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Pueblo Viejo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
San Cristóbal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Aguacate	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Chico Ometepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
La Tuza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Jicayan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4200 people	32 km
Ixtayutla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Pinotepa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Cinco Cerros	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Achiotes	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Panixtlahuaca	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	5600 people	38 km
Santa Cruz Zenzontepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
La Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Piedra Ancha	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Lo de Liborio	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Zacatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Pie Cerro	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
San Jacinto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Ipalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
San Antonio	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Alto de las Mesas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Ciruelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Ixpantepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Huajintepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Barranca Honda	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Cacahuatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3600 people	57 km
Asunción Atoyaquillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Bajos de Chila	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Zacatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4400 people	58 km
Santa Lucía Teotepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
San Juan Bautista lo de Soto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Huanacastle	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Amole	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Santa María Zaniza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Huanjintepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Lachao	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Armenta	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Cuanana	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Tiltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
La Perla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Cabacera Nueva	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Santiago	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Carrizal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	69 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
Pinotepa Nacional	PNO	unknown				0	36 km
Ta lo de Soto		149				0	73 km
Puerto Escondido	PXM	88	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	83 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Punta Escondida		Mexico	85 km

More information

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