Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 11 Jan 2013 16:30 UTC

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M 5.1 in Mexico on 11 Jan 2013 16:30 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:	5.1M
Depth:	90.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.8825 , -92.6111
Event Date:	11 Jan 2013 16:30 UTC 11 Jan 2013 10:30 Local
Exposed Population:	2100000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000emck
Inserted at:	11 Jan 2013 16:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usb000emck	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
121903		0.5	11 Jan 2013 16:30	5.1M, 90.4km	N/A	2.1 million (in 100km)		00:22	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 Barra de San Jos�, Aquiles Serdan, Buenos Aires, Francisco I. Madero, Mazat�n, La Concepion, Puerto Madero, Huehuet�n, La Zacualpa, Huixtla, and La Victoria.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.3 million people
75 km	1.4 million people
50 km	690000 people
20 km	40000 people
10 km	3100 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Barra de San Jos�	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	2 km
Aquiles Serdan	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	10 km
Buenos Aires	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
Francisco I. Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Mazat�n	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5700 people	18 km
La Concepion	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Puerto Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9500 people	24 km
Huehuet�n	Chiapas	Mexico	City	7000 people	26 km
La Zacualpa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Huixtla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	29000 people	28 km
Lazaro C�rdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Puerto de San Benito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
El Arenal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	32 km
Babilonia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Tapachula	Chiapas	Mexico	City	200000 people	37 km
Uni�n Costa Rica	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Agua Prieta	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Acapetagua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
El Naranjo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Salvador Urbina	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
El Chilar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Metapa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Do�a Maria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Escuintla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	8900 people	47 km
El Triunfo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Consuelo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Tuxtla Chico	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	7100 people	48 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Benito Ju�rez	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Santa Ana	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	50 km
Berriozabal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
San Antonio Miramar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
El Recuerdo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	53 km
Ciudad Hidalgo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Zanj�n San Lorenzo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
Catarina	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	3000 people	57 km
Tecun Uman	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	57 km
Flores Mag�n	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Achut�	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	58 km
Malacat�n	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Rosario Zacatonal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Navidad	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Limones	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Llano Grande	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Cunlaj	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	61 km
Motozintla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	19000 people	63 km
La Blanca	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
Oc�s	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
San Francisco	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
Bullaj	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	64 km
Pajapita	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	8000 people	64 km
San Pablo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	13000 people	65 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	65 km
Sibinal	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	1700 people	65 km
Pasito de la Se�ora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
El Amparo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
Chanjul�	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	67 km
La Esperanza	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	67 km
Tacan�	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	67 km
La Victoria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 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	28 km
Tapachula		110				0	33 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Madero	MXPMD	Mexico	30 km

More information

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