M 5.66 in Mexico on 13 May 2018 00:48 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: 1.27 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.0369987 , -115.9161682
Event Date: 13 May 2018 00:48 UTC
12 May 2018 17:48 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
1620000 people within 100km
Source: CALTECH ci38171808
Inserted at: 13 May 2018 00:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.4 (Mexico)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Mexico= 4.4; United States= 2.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
CALTECH 0 0
ci38171808 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1210323 0 13 May 2018 00:48 5.66M, 1.27km 4.05 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 00:07 CALTECH
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 United States ,of California. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
32.6 million people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1210323 33.037/-115.916 5.66 1.27 7.35 13 May 2018 01:04 00:16 (new episode)
2 0 1210323 33.037/-115.916 3.3 1.27 4.19 13 May 2018 01:16 00:28 (upd of #1)
3 0 1210323 33.037/-115.917 3.34 1.24 4.19 13 May 2018 01:37 00:49 (upd of #2)
4 0 1210323 33.037/-115.917 3.34 1.24 4.19 13 May 2018 02:57 02:09 (upd of #3)
5 0 1210323 33.043/-115.919 3.41 2.16 4.05 14 May 2018 17:17 1d 16:29 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
California United States no people
California United States <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ocotillo Wells California United States Village - 22 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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