Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 24 Oct 2020 10:11 UTC

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M 4.7 in Mexico on 24 Oct 2020 10:11 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:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	25.9108 , -110.3777
Event Date:	24 Oct 2020 10:11 UTC 24 Oct 2020 03:11 Local
Exposed Population:	About 18000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000ccj8
Inserted at:	24 Oct 2020 10:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000ccj8	Scaled population (vector)	3.27
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-1
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1339462		0	24 Oct 2020 10:11	4.7M, 10km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:32	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) .

Radius	Population
100 km	19000 people
75 km	<1000 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 Sur	Mexico	350000 people
Sinaloa	Mexico	2.4 million people
Sonora	Mexico	2 million people
Chihuahua	Mexico	2.7 million people
Baja California	Mexico	1.8 million people
Durango	Mexico	1.5 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
Loreto	LTO	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bahia Salinas		Mexico	75 km
Loreto		Mexico	97 km

More information

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