M 4.6 in Mexico on 16 Feb 2019 09:29 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: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.4382 , -102.8196
Event Date: 16 Feb 2019 09:29 UTC
16 Feb 2019 02:29 Local
Exposed Population:
210000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000jit8
Inserted at: 16 Feb 2019 09:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jit8 Scaled population (vector) 4.38  
  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
1249032 0 16 Feb 2019 09:29 4.6M, 10km N/A 210 thousand (in 100km) 00:15 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 Michoacan (population 3,859,507) .

Radius Population
100 km 210000 people
75 km 6600 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
Michoacan Mexico 3.9 million people
Guerrero Mexico 2.9 million people
Colima Mexico 470000 people
Jalisco Mexico 5.8 million people
Mexico Mexico 10.7 million people
Guanajuato Mexico 4.3 million people
Morelos Mexico 1.3 million people
Nayarit Mexico 900000 people
Queretaro Mexico 1.1 million people
Zacatecas Mexico 1.4 million people
Puebla Mexico 4.5 million people
Distrito Federal Mexico 9.7 million people
Hidalgo Mexico 2.1 million people
Aguascalientes Mexico 780000 people
Oaxaca Mexico 3.3 million people
Tlaxcala Mexico 830000 people

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
Lazaro Cardenas LZC 12 Civ. Paved No 4900 89 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lazaro Cardenas MXLZC Mexico 87 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Jose M. Morelos Balsas 1968 96 km

More information

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