Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 29 Jul 2014 10:46 UTC

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M 6.3 in Mexico on 29 Jul 2014 10:46 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:	6.3M
Depth:	95.1 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.84 , -95.52
Event Date:	29 Jul 2014 10:46 UTC 29 Jul 2014 05:46 Local
Exposed Population:	1670000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	29 Jul 2014 11:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.1		-0.1
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1056328		-0.1	29 Jul 2014 10:46	6.3M, 95.1km	N/A	1.7 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 ,of Veracruz (population 102,968) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	110000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1056328	17.84/-95.52	6.3	95.1	0	17 Oct 2016 10:04	810d 23:18	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Veracruz	Mexico	100000 people
Oaxaca	Mexico	5400 people
Veracruz	Mexico	3.8 million people
Oaxaca	Mexico	2.5 million people
Puebla	Mexico	49000 people
Tabasco	Mexico	190000 people
Chiapas	Mexico	570000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Juan Enríquez	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Rodriquez Clara	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Arenal	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Villa Azueta	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Playa Vicente	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	7700 people	32 km
San Francisco	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Las Garzas	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Tlacojalpan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	4000 people	62 km
Otatitlán	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	4500 people	66 km
Ojo de Agua	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	11 km
Los Tigres	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Barranca Pelona	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Juanita	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Nopalapan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Yelesia	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Palmarillo	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
San Juan Evangelista	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	4100 people	43 km
La Estrella	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Buenavista	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Loma Bonita	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	30000 people	49 km
Hueyapan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	3500 people	51 km
San José de las Flores	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Sayula	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	11000 people	60 km
Oyozontle	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Tilapan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
San Juan Ozolotepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
San Cristóbal	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Alonzo Lázaro	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Pastor	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Cosamaloapan	Veracruz	Mexico	City	29000 people	66 km
Acayucan	Veracruz	Mexico	City	47000 people	67 km
Mexcalapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Oluta	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	11000 people	68 km
Tierra Nueva	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Chiltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3300 people	69 km
Jesús Carranza	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	3500 people	69 km
Tuxtepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	90000 people	69 km
Tres Zapotes	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	70 km
Santiago Tuxtla	Veracruz	Mexico	City	16000 people	72 km
Ciudad Alemán	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	72 km
Santiago Tula	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	73 km
Ohuilapan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	73 km
San Andrés Tuxtla	Veracruz	Mexico	City	-	74 km
Texistepec	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	8600 people	75 km
Catemaco	Veracruz	Mexico	City	24000 people	78 km
Acula	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	78 km
Zacatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	82 km
Saltabarranca	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	2900 people	82 km
Valle Nacional	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	6600 people	83 km
El Mesón	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	83 km
Lerdo de Tejada	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	84 km
Palo Grande	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	85 km
Jáltipan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	30000 people	86 km
Lerdo	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	19000 people	86 km
Tiacotalpan	Veracruz	Mexico	City	-	87 km
Los Naranjos	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	88 km
Minzapan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	91 km
San Juan Mazatlán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	91 km
Chinameca	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	7100 people	93 km
Hidqlaotitlan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	93 km
Tabaá	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	93 km
San Juan Yaé	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	94 km
Ojitlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	5900 people	95 km
Cosoleacaque	Veracruz	Mexico	City	20000 people	96 km
Tenetze de Zaragoza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	97 km
Pajapan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	7400 people	99 km
Zoogoche	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	100 km
Hidalgo Yalalag	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	101 km
Barrancas	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	103 km
Platanillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	104 km
Mixistlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	105 km
Minatitlán	Veracruz	Mexico	City	150000 people	106 km
San Felipe Usila	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	-	106 km
Alvarado	Veracruz	Mexico	City	21000 people	106 km
San Francisco Cajonos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	108 km
Ixcatlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3200 people	108 km
Guichicovi	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4300 people	109 km
Mogone	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	109 km
Jalapa de Diaz	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	110 km
Ayutla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	110 km
San Cristobal de la Llave	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	110 km
Tierra Blanca	Veracruz	Mexico	City	45000 people	111 km
Santiago Lachivia	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	111 km
Yolox	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	112 km
Luvina	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	114 km
Ixtlán de Juárez	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	116 km
Altepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	117 km
Hueva de Humboldt	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	117 km
Matías Romero	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	20000 people	118 km
Teotilalpam	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	120 km
Tlalixcoyan	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	120 km
Santo Domingo Petapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	120 km
Santiago Quetzalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	120 km
Nanchital	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	26000 people	122 km
Coatzacoalcos	Veracruz	Mexico	City	230000 people	122 km
Chapopotla	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	122 km
Abejones	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	122 km
Piedras Negras	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	8400 people	123 km
Salinas	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	123 km
San Juan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	128 km
Almoloya	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	130 km
San Pedro Teutila	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	130 km
Tenango	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	130 km
Ayautla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	2900 people	131 km
San Juan Coatzapan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	132 km
Mitla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	7500 people	132 km
Tlacolula	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	134 km
Villa Díaz Ordaz	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	135 km
Cuichapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	136 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
El Mendozal		69				0	41 km
Carlos A Carrillo		38				0	65 km
Ciudad Aleman		61				0	73 km
Lerdo de Tejada		40				0	85 km
Minatitlan	MTT	40	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	104 km
Minatitlan Old		27				0	106 km
Ixtepec	IZT	unknown				0	148 km
Xoxocotlan	OAX	1528	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	158 km
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	159 km
Las Bajadas	VER	29	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	161 km
Salina Cruz	SCX	23				0	183 km
Francisco Sarabia		579				0	277 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Minatitlan	MXMTT	Mexico	105 km
Alvarado	MXAVD	Mexico	109 km
Nanchital	MXNAN	Mexico	120 km
Coatzacoalcos	MXCOA	Mexico	122 km
Rabon Grande		Mexico	123 km
Vera Cruz	MXVER	Mexico	164 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Miguel de la Madrid	Cerro de Oro	Santo Domingo	1991	81 km
Presa Miguel Aleman	Presidente Aleman Temascal	Rio Tonto	1955	106 km
	Presidente Benito Juarez	Tehuantepec	1961	155 km

More information

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