Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 27 Jun 2016 20:50 UTC

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M 5.7 in Mexico on 27 Jun 2016 20:50 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:	5.7M
Depth:	19 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.5955 , -97.8255
Event Date:	27 Jun 2016 20:50 UTC 27 Jun 2016 15:50 Local
Exposed Population:	940000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us200067az
Inserted at:	27 Jun 2016 22:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us200067az	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
1132253		0	27 Jun 2016 20:50	5.7M, 10km	N/A	910 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	NEIC
1132260		0	27 Jun 2016 20:50	5.7M, 19km	5.25	940 thousand (in 100km)		01:15	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 Oaxaca (population 56,428) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	56000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1132260	16.596/-97.826	5.7	19	5.25	17 Oct 2016 11:24	111d 14:33	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	56000 people
Oaxaca	Mexico	680000 people
Guerrero	Mexico	210000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	4 km
Jicayan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4200 people	23 km
El Cacao	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Ixtayutla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Zacatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4400 people	25 km
Amole	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Pueblo Viejo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Alto de las Mesas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
San Andres	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Santa Cruz Zenzontepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Cacahuatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3600 people	35 km
Jamiltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	9800 people	35 km
Cabacera Nueva	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Pinotepa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Huanjintepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Cuanana	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Ixcatlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
San Juan Bautista lo de Soto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Xochistlahuaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	3500 people	49 km
Huanacastle	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Putla de Guerrero	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Itunyaso	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Chalcalongo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Tlacoachixtlahuaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Yegüey	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Villa Hidalgo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Piedra Ancha	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Santa María Zaniza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Panixtlahuaca	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	5600 people	60 km
Ometepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	18000 people	62 km
La Soledad	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Armenta	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Huajintepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Cuajinicuilapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	9300 people	64 km
Santiago	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Vista Hermosa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	70 km
Zacatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	70 km
Ixpantepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	72 km
Las Conchitas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	72 km
Tlaxiaco	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	15000 people	76 km
Igualapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	83 km
Bajos de Chila	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	90 km
Marquelia	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	6800 people	105 km
Cuilapan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	120 km
Copala	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	6800 people	122 km
Xoxocotlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	62000 people	126 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
Pinotepa Nacional	PNO	unknown				0	37 km
Ta lo de Soto		149				0	63 km
Tlaxiaco		2045				0	73 km
Xoxocotlan	OAX	1528	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	125 km

More information

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