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Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 02/04/2012 17:36 UTC
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GDACS Event Report - Earthquake impact

Summary

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This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

  • Earthquake Magnitude 6M, Depth:9.1km
  • on 02/04/2012 17:36 UTC
  • 790000 people within 100km

Earthquake event

  • Magnitude: 6 M
  • Depth: 9.1 km (very shallow)
  • Area affected by light damage (estimated radius): 39 km (MMI IV)
  • Source: NEIC NEIC usc0008ui2
  • Location (latitude/longitude): 16.4561, -98.2957
  • Time (UTC): 02/04/2012 17:36:42
  • Time (ECT): 02/04/2012 19:36:42

Earthquake impact details

The earthquake happened in Mexico , State of Oaxaca (population 3,329,574) . The maximum altitude nearby is 3273m .

Population

Population near epicenter
Radius Population
100 km 800000 people
75 km 520000 people
50 km 310000 people
20 km 46000 people
10 km 9200 people
5 km 1800 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected provinces

Country Region/Province Population
Mexico Oaxaca 3.3 million people
Mexico Guerrero 2.8 million people

Affected cities

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Nearby and affected airports
Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Ta lo de Soto 149 10 km
Pinotepa Nacional PNO -9999999 27 km
Not calculated

Event time line

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert colorDateMagnitude and depthPopulation within 100 kmTsunami risk (max height)Delay Source
1158554/2/2012 5:36:43 PM 6.3M, 12.3km 810 thousand 00:18 NEICNEIC
1158574/2/2012 5:36:42 PM 6M, 9.1km 790 thousand 04:58 NEICNEIC

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