M 5.4 in Mexico on 14 Oct 2012 10:41 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 83.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.7111 , -92.3929
Event Date: 14 Oct 2012 10:41 UTC
14 Oct 2012 05:41 Local
Exposed Population:
2910000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000d5nl
Inserted at: 14 Oct 2012 12:32 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d5nl 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
120200 0.5 14 Oct 2012 10:41 5.4M, 101.6km N/A 3.5 million (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
120205 0.5 14 Oct 2012 10:41 5.4M, 83.2km N/A 2.9 million (in 100km) 01:51 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 Chiapas (population 3,524,501) . The nearest places are Quezaltenango, and Babilonia.

Radius Population
100 km 3.6 million people
75 km 2.2 million people
50 km 1.1 million people
20 km 410000 people
10 km 39000 people
5 km 4600 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Chiapas Mexico 3.5 million people
San Marcos Guatemala 810000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Babilonia Chiapas Mexico Village - 6 km
Quezaltenango Quezaltenango Guatemala Major city 120000 people 82 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
Tapachula International TAP 29 Civ. Paved Yes 6500 10 km
Tapachula 110 13 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Puerto Madero MXPMD Mexico 16 km
Champerico GTCHR Guatemala 67 km

More information

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