M 5 in Mexico on 27 Aug 2012 23:16 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: 5.0M
Depth: 10.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.6139 , -113.876
Event Date: 27 Aug 2012 23:16 UTC
27 Aug 2012 16:16 Local
Exposed Population:
About 42000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000c8tv
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2012 23:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000c8tv Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
119078 0.5 27 Aug 2012 23:16 5M, 10.1km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 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 (population 1,806,829) .

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 Mexico 1.8 million people
Sonora Mexico 2 million 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
Punta Penasco PPE 9 Civ. Paved No 4900 89 km
San Felipe New SFH 45 Civ. Paved No 4900 96 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Punta Penasco Mexico 84 km

More information

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