Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 28 Sep 2012 15:24 UTC

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:	Km
Lat/Lon:	24.636 , -110.354
Event Date:	28 Sep 2012 15:24 UTC 28 Sep 2012 09:24 Local
Exposed Population:	210000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000cxk4
Inserted at:	28 Sep 2012 15:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000cxk4	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
119915		0.5	28 Sep 2012 15:24	4.6M, 27.7km	N/A	210 thousand (in 100km)		00:26	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) . The nearest places are Rosario, San Juan de la Costa, Bosque, Datilito, La Paz, Santa Cruz, El Zacatal, El Tesoro, El Centenario, Moreno, and Guaiparin.

Radius	Population
100 km	250000 people
75 km	240000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Baja California Sur	Mexico	350000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Rosario	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
San Juan de la Costa	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Bosque	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Datilito	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
La Paz	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Major city	170000 people	55 km
Santa Cruz	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
El Zacatal	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
El Tesoro	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
El Centenario	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Moreno	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Cajón de los Reyes	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Agua Escondida	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
La Junta	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Los Burros	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Las Ánimas	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Guaiparin	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	68 km

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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
La Paz		26				0	57 km
Leon	LAP	21	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	63 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Juan de la Costa	MXSJC	Mexico	43 km
La Paz		Mexico	52 km

More information

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