M 5.5 in Mexico on 27 Nov 2018 05:37 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.3519 , -108.3696
Event Date: 27 Nov 2018 05:37 UTC
26 Nov 2018 22:37 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000hwxu
Inserted at: 27 Nov 2018 05:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hwxu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1238572 0 27 Nov 2018 05:37 5.5M, 10km 2.56 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:13 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 Baja California Sur (population 345,682) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no 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
Baja California Sur Mexico 350000 people
Nayarit Mexico 900000 people
Jalisco Mexico 5.8 million people
Colima Mexico 470000 people
Sinaloa Mexico 2.4 million people
Michoacan Mexico 3.9 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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