Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 18 Sep 2017 14:19 UTC

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M 5.6 in Mexico on 18 Sep 2017 14:19 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.2537 , -94.5576
Event Date:	18 Sep 2017 14:19 UTC 18 Sep 2017 08:19 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000apx5
Inserted at:	18 Sep 2017 15:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000apx5	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1181055		0	18 Sep 2017 14:19	5.6M, 11.65km	3.43	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC
1181063		0	18 Sep 2017 14:19	5.6M, 10km	3.79	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:28	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 Oaxaca (population 3,329,574) .

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
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people
Chiapas	Mexico	3.5 million people
Veracruz	Mexico	6.8 million people
San Marcos	Guatemala	810000 people
Tabasco	Mexico	1.6 million people
Huehuetenango	Guatemala	740000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	630000 people
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	260000 people
Totonicapan	Guatemala	350000 people
Suchitepequez	Guatemala	410000 people
Solola	Guatemala	260000 people
Quiche	Guatemala	560000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	570000 people
Chimaltenango	Guatemala	390000 people
Baja Verapaz	Guatemala	200000 people
Peten	Guatemala	230000 people
Sacatepequez	Guatemala	210000 people
Alta Verapaz	Guatemala	510000 people
Puebla	Mexico	4.5 million people
Campeche	Mexico	580000 people
Guatemala	Guatemala	2.2 million people
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people
Santa Rosa	Guatemala	330000 people
El Progreso	Guatemala	140000 people
Jalapa	Guatemala	230000 people
Jutiapa	Guatemala	430000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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