M 4.5 in Mexico on 21 Jan 2018 17:04 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: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.2705 , -113.5871
Event Date: 21 Jan 2018 17:04 UTC
21 Jan 2018 09:04 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000cm5c
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2018 17:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000cm5c Scaled population (vector) 3.18  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1195026 0 21 Jan 2018 17:04 4.5M, 10km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:41 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 Sonora (population 1,983,593) . The nearest places are and Rancho Bahia.

Radius Population
100 km 9600 people
75 km 1400 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
Sonora Mexico 2 million people
Baja California Mexico 1.8 million people
Arizona United States 3.8 million people
Baja California Sur Mexico 350000 people
California United States 31 million people
New Mexico United States 1.6 million people
Chihuahua Mexico 2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Rancho Bahia Sonora 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
Puerto Libertad North 5 0 97 km

More information

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