Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 29 Sep 2017 04:00 UTC

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M 5.6 in Mexico on 29 Sep 2017 04:00 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:	21.66 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.9039 , -94.0465
Event Date:	29 Sep 2017 04:00 UTC 28 Sep 2017 22:00 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000awcv
Inserted at:	29 Sep 2017 04:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000awcv	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1182294		0	29 Sep 2017 04:00	5.6M, 21.66km	3.43	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	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 ,of Chiapas (population 139,345) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1182294	14.904/-94.046	5.6	21.66	3.42	29 Sep 2017 04:22	00:22	(new episode)
	2	0	1182294	14.904/-94.046	5.6	21.66	3.43	29 Sep 2017 06:02	02:02	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	1.1 million people
Oaxaca	Mexico	400000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	82000 people
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	3700 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	5000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sólo Dios	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	109 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	113 km
Cayetano	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	116 km
Arista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	117 km
Pasito de la Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	118 km
Margaritas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	120 km
Tres Picos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	4900 people	122 km
El Porvenir	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	122 km
La Polca	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	124 km
Pijijiapan	Chiapas	Mexico	City	15000 people	125 km
Respingo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	126 km
Caña Brava	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	126 km
Los Amates	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	127 km
Paredón Viejo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	129 km
Jericó	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	129 km
El Carmen	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	131 km
Tonalá	Chiapas	Mexico	City	32000 people	133 km
Villa del Mar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	135 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	136 km
Emiliano Zapata	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	138 km
Flores Magón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	142 km
El Arenal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	148 km
La Punta	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	148 km
Arriaga	Chiapas	Mexico	City	22000 people	148 km
Guadalupe	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	149 km
Doña Maria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	149 km
Acapetagua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	152 km
Chahuites	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	9700 people	154 km
Escuintla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	8900 people	155 km
San Juan Custepeque	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	155 km
La Zacualpa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	155 km
San Francisco del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4000 people	159 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	161 km
Cabestrada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	161 km
Francisco I. Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	163 km
Lazaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	163 km
Tapanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	7100 people	164 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	164 km
Villa Corzo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9100 people	165 km
Aquiles Serdan	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	165 km
Dolores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	165 km
Ixhuatán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	5500 people	165 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	169 km
Villa Flores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	169 km
Buenos Aires	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	169 km
Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	171 km
Huixtla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	29000 people	172 km
San Clemente	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	172 km
Mazatán	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5700 people	172 km
San Dionisio del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3300 people	174 km
Llano Grande	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	174 km
Costa Rica	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	176 km
Horizonte	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	176 km
Puerto de San Benito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	176 km
Zanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	6900 people	177 km
Santiago	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	177 km
Jallenango	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	178 km
Conchita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	179 km
Huehuetán	Chiapas	Mexico	City	7000 people	179 km
Puerto Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9500 people	180 km
El Carmen	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	180 km
La Providencia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	184 km
La Libertad	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	185 km
Salina Cruz	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	74000 people	187 km
San Rafael	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	187 km
Neustra Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	187 km
Chicapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	189 km
Los Álamos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	190 km
Santa María Xandani	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	191 km
Tapachula	Chiapas	Mexico	City	200000 people	192 km
Niltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3200 people	192 km
Unión Hidalgo	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	12000 people	193 km
El Potrero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	197 km
Juchitan	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	66000 people	198 km
Metapa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	200 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	202 km
Tehuantepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	37000 people	202 km
Limones	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	205 km
Ciudad Hidalgo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	205 km
Asunción	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	207 km
Tecun Uman	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	208 km
Ixaltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	209 km
La Blanca	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	209 km
Ciudad Ixtepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	-	216 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	181 km
Tapachula		110				0	188 km
Salina Cruz	SCX	23				0	191 km
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	205 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Puerto Madero	MXPMD	Mexico	177 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		El Portillo	Cuxtepeques	1980	172 km

More information

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