Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 22 Jul 2018 12:39 UTC

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M 5.1 in Mexico on 22 Jul 2018 12:39 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:	5.1M
Depth:	136.84 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.5625 , -94.5082
Event Date:	22 Jul 2018 12:39 UTC 22 Jul 2018 07:39 Local
Exposed Population:	1560000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000gb6j
Inserted at:	22 Jul 2018 12:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000gb6j	Scaled population (vector)	6.14
	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
1220731		0	22 Jul 2018 12:39	5.1M, 136.84km	N/A	1.6 million (in 100km)		00:19	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 Veracruz (population 6,774,736) . The nearest places are Abundancia, Coapiloloya, Hidqlaotitlan, San Cristóbal, Agotepe, Ceiba Bonita, Nanchital, Esperanza, Buenavista, Aguacatepec, and Mexcalapa.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.6 million people
75 km	1.2 million people
50 km	340000 people
20 km	26000 people
10 km	8400 people
5 km	1200 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Veracruz	Mexico	6.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Abundancia	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	12 km
Coapiloloya	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Hidqlaotitlan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
San Cristóbal	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Agotepe	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Ceiba Bonita	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Nanchital	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Esperanza	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Buenavista	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Aguacatepec	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Boca Chalchijapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Limonta	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Cabritos	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Cascajal	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Álvaro Díaz	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Sitio Viejo	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Minatitlán	Veracruz	Mexico	City	150000 people	45 km
Jáltipan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	30000 people	48 km
Texistepec	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	8600 people	48 km
Azufre	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Cosoleacaque	Veracruz	Mexico	City	20000 people	50 km
Chapopotla	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Chinameca	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	7100 people	53 km
Cuichapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
La Trinidad	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Doña Mariana	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Jesús Carranza	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	3500 people	56 km
Hacienda del Corte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Nanchital	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	26000 people	57 km
Barrancas	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Oluta	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	11000 people	57 km
Arroyo Grande	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
El Modelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Sayula	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	11000 people	59 km
El Plan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Acayucan	Veracruz	Mexico	City	47000 people	59 km
Chalcomulco	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Arena	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Coatzacoalcos	Veracruz	Mexico	City	230000 people	65 km
Amates	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Reyes	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Palo Grande	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Minzapan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Buenavista	Tabasco	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Los Soldados	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Las Barrillas	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Mexcalapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	69 km

see full list

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
Minatitlan Old		27				0	49 km
Minatitlan	MTT	40	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	60 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Minatitlan	MXMTT	Mexico	44 km
Nanchital	MXNAN	Mexico	56 km
Coatzacoalcos	MXCOA	Mexico	64 km
Rabon Grande		Mexico	67 km

More information

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