Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 07 Jul 2014 11:23 UTC

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M 7.1 in Mexico on 07 Jul 2014 11:23 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:	7.1M
Depth:	76 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.8 , -92.6
Event Date:	07 Jul 2014 11:23 UTC 07 Jul 2014 06:23 Local
Exposed Population:	2010000 people within 100km
Source:	USGS usc000rr6a
Inserted at:	21 Jul 2014 08:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
USGS	0.3	0		0.3
usc000rr6a	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake
	Country Vulnerability
	INFORM_normalised

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1054805	1.3	07 Jul 2014 11:23	7.1M, 33km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:20)	00:05	NEIC
1054808	1.3	07 Jul 2014 11:23	7M, 10km	N/A	3.3 million (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:06	GEOFON
1054809	0.3	07 Jul 2014 11:23	7.1M, 76km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)	0.1m (at 02:42)	00:07	NEIC
1054816	0.5	07 Jul 2014 11:23	7.1M, 92.2km	N/A	3.2 million (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:21	NEIC
1054820	1.3	07 Jul 2014 11:23	6.9M, 60km	N/A	280 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	01:17	NEIC
1055766	1.3	07 Jul 2014 11:23	7.1M, 33km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)	0.1m (at 02:42)	13d 20:49	USGS
1055767	0.3	07 Jul 2014 11:23	7.1M, 76km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	13d 20:49	USGS

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 19,660) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	280000 people
	900000 people
	2.4 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1054820	14.742/-92.409	6.9	60	0	17 Oct 2016 10:02	832d 22:38	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	210000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	67000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	1100 people
Chiapas	Mexico	510000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	210000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	120000 people
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	46000 people
Chiapas	Mexico	250000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	700000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	630000 people
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	290000 people
Huehuetenango	Guatemala	9400 people
Suchitepequez	Guatemala	300000 people
Totonicapan	Guatemala	110000 people
Solola	Guatemala	17000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	83000 people
Chiapas	Mexico	1.6 million people
San Marcos	Guatemala	49000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	13000 people
Huehuetenango	Guatemala	1.1 million people
Suchitepequez	Guatemala	240000 people
Totonicapan	Guatemala	350000 people
Solola	Guatemala	390000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	630000 people
Quiche	Guatemala	790000 people
Chimaltenango	Guatemala	550000 people
Sacatepequez	Guatemala	400000 people
Baja Verapaz	Guatemala	130000 people
Guatemala	Guatemala	3 million people
Alta Verapaz	Guatemala	330000 people
Santa Rosa	Guatemala	130000 people
El Progreso	Guatemala	2200 people
Oaxaca	Mexico	32000 people
Jalapa	Guatemala	4300 people
Jutiapa	Guatemala	21000 people
Peten	Guatemala	<1000 people
Ahuachapan	El Salvador	2200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Puerto de San Benito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	2 km
Mazatán	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5700 people	14 km
Buenos Aires	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Puerto Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9500 people	20 km
Aquiles Serdan	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
Ciudad Hidalgo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Tecun Uman	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	31 km
Limones	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	31 km
La Blanca	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	35 km
Francisco I. Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Tapachula	Chiapas	Mexico	City	200000 people	24 km
Metapa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Huehuetán	Chiapas	Mexico	City	7000 people	32 km
Ocós	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	34 km
Catarina	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	3000 people	38 km
Tuxtla Chico	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	7100 people	39 km
Salvador Urbina	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Pajapita	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	8000 people	40 km
Malacatán	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	42 km
Huixtla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	29000 people	44 km
El Amparo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	45 km
Lazaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Seccion Pacaya	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	52 km
La Zacualpa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	55 km
El Arenal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Acapetagua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Jesús la Bomba	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
Doña Maria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	72 km
El Tumbador	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	7500 people	52 km
San Rafael	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	58 km
Sibinal	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	1700 people	60 km
Santa Clara	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	64 km
Flores Costa Cuca	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	12000 people	64 km
Tacaná	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
Sanajabá	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	69 km
San Sebastián	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	71 km
Motozintla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	19000 people	72 km
San Marcos	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	25000 people	72 km
San José Ixjoyón	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	72 km
Escuintla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	8900 people	72 km
Las Majadas	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	73 km
Champerico	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	City	7700 people	73 km
Colomba	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	19000 people	73 km
Retalhuleu	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	City	44000 people	82 km
Concepción Tutuapa	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	1200 people	82 km
Nueva Candalaria	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	83 km
Puerta Privada	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	84 km
Pucá	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	84 km
Río Blanco	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	85 km
Flores Magón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	85 km
San Juan Ostuncalco	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	86 km
Boxomá	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	87 km
Finca Los Ángeles	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	89 km
Vixbén	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	90 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	92 km
Cuyotenango	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	11000 people	93 km
Pasito de la Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	94 km
San Felipe	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	Village	8800 people	94 km
Santa María	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	96 km
Quezaltenango	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Major city	120000 people	96 km
San Carlos	Totonicapan	Guatemala	Village	-	97 km
Mazatenango	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	City	36000 people	100 km
San Lorenzo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	2100 people	101 km
Patut	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	103 km
Cantel	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	26000 people	104 km
Bracitos	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	107 km
Lázaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	109 km
Jericó	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	111 km
Chicomucelo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	112 km
Tahuesco	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	112 km
Margaritas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	115 km
Bolivia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	119 km
Nueva Venecia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	121 km
Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	124 km
Siltepec	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	91 km
San Miguel Ixtahuacán	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	92 km
Chejoj	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	94 km
Boquerón	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	95 km
Quequesiguán	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	99 km
Pacayalito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	100 km
El Paraíso	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	102 km
Palenque	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	102 km
Pologuá	Totonicapán	Guatemala	Village	-	103 km
El Trapichillo	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	104 km
San Pablo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	104 km
Ixpaltzaj	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	104 km
Piedra Labrada	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	105 km
Cushu	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	106 km
Totonicapán	Totonicapán	Guatemala	Village	9300 people	106 km
Potrerillo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	107 km
Masá	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	109 km
San Rafael	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	109 km
Guadalupe	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5100 people	109 km
San Antonio	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	109 km
La Mesía	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	109 km
Santa Isabel	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	111 km
Cuchumatan	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	112 km
Paso Hondo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	113 km
Momostenango	Totonicapan	Guatemala	Village	31000 people	113 km
Santa AnaMalacatán	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	114 km
Candelaria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	117 km
Nahualá	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	118 km
Chicacao	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	20000 people	119 km
Santa Clara	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	119 km
Huehuetenango	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	78000 people	120 km
San Bartolome Jocotenango	Totonicapan	Guatemala	Village	-	120 km
Todos Santos	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	121 km
San Remigio	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	121 km
Agua Zarca	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	122 km
San Pedro	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	123 km
Aguacatan	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	123 km
Río Bravo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	7500 people	123 km
Santa Lucía	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	123 km
Benito Juarez	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	124 km
Concepción	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	126 km
San Caralampio	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	127 km
Santiago Atitlán	Sololá	Guatemala	City	-	127 km
Plan de la Libertad	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	129 km
Caña Brava	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	129 km
Jallenango	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	129 km
Sinaloa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	130 km
San Pedro Jocopilas	Quiche	Guatemala	Village	1000 people	132 km
Santa Bárbara	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	132 km
Sololá	Sololá	Guatemala	City	10000 people	132 km
Barra Madre Vieja	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	133 km
El Retiro	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	133 km
Poza	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	134 km
Nuevo México	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	135 km
Pijijiapan	Chiapas	Mexico	City	15000 people	136 km
Los Encuentros	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	136 km
Nentón	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	137 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	138 km
San Miguel Acatán	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	138 km
Chinique	Quiche	Guatemala	Village	2700 people	139 km
Patulul	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	14000 people	139 km
San Juan Ixcoy	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	2500 people	141 km
Chajbal	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	141 km
Chichicastenango	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	78000 people	142 km
Poza Verde	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	142 km
San Sebastián Coatán	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	143 km
Tecojate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	143 km
Los Vados	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	146 km
Soloma	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	11000 people	146 km
Sólo Dios	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	147 km
La Unión	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	148 km
Cerro Colorado	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	148 km
San Juan Custepeque	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	149 km
Subajasum	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	149 km
El Porvenir	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	150 km
San Pedro Soloma	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	150 km
Patzún	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	City	18000 people	150 km
Chuatuj	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	151 km
Las Playas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	151 km
La Montaña	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	151 km
Chontal	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	153 km
Pamanzana	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	153 km
Chubillil	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	154 km
La Gomera	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	24000 people	154 km
Neustra Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	155 km
La Concordia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	7300 people	155 km
San Francisco	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	156 km
Santa Lucia Cotz	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	156 km
Pajabal	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	156 km
San Jose del Arco	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	157 km
San Mateo Ixtatan	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	157 km
La Trinitaria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	6600 people	158 km
Sumal	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	159 km
Acatenango	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	7000 people	159 km
San José Poaquil	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	City	-	162 km
Seontaltic	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	162 km
Cunen	Quiche	Guatemala	Village	-	162 km
Juncaná	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	162 km
Siquinalá	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	163 km
Sipacate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	163 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	7 km
Tapachula		110				0	20 km
Retalhuleu		200	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	81 km
Quezaltenango		2363				0	99 km
Huehuetenango	HUG	unknown				0	121 km
San Antonio Copalar		1520				0	162 km
El Naranjo	ENJ	unknown				0	184 km
San Jose		9	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	192 km
La Aurora	GUA	1509	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	203 km
San Cristobal de Las Casas		2341				0	216 km
Coban	CBV	1323	Civ.	Paved	No	2600	230 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Madero	MXPMD	Mexico	3 km
Champerico	GTCHR	Guatemala	74 km
Playa Grande		Guatemala	120 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	193 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	193 km
Puerto Quetzail	GTPRQ	Guatemala	198 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		El Portillo	Cuxtepeques	1980	148 km
	Angostura	La Angostura	Grijalva	1974	188 km

More information

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