M 5.5 in Mexico on 22 Sep 2017 05:33 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1122064
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.5614 , -108.7724
Event Date: 22 Sep 2017 05:33 UTC
21 Sep 2017 22:33 Local
Exposed Population: About 16000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Sep 2017 06:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000at0m 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 4310 | About casualties: 320 | Last hour: 0

Mexico: MSF assists people following Mexico City earthquakeTue, 26 Sep 2017 05:23:00 +0200.

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders (MSF) has deployed four of its psychosocial support teams in several areas of Mexico City, and is closely evaluating the psychological and medical needs in the state of Morelos following th
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زلزال بقوة 6 درجات قبالة بابوا غينيا الجديدةTue, 26 Sep 2017 05:19:00 +0200.

اعلنت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأميركية أن زلزالا بقوة 6 درجات وقع على مسافة 230 كيلومترا قبالة جزيرة بريطانيا الجديدة في بابوا غينيا الجديدة في وقت مبكر من يوم الثلاثاء بالتوقيت المحلي. وذكر أن الزلزال كان على عمق 5.7 كيلومتر. ولم يصدر مركز ا
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Actualizan a 324 número de muertos por terremoto en MéxicoTue, 26 Sep 2017 05:17:00 +0200.

MEXICO (Xinhua) — El gobierno de México actualizó hoy a 324 el número de muertos por el terremoto de 7,1 grados en la escala Richter registrado el pasado 19 de septiembre en el centro del país. El coordinador nacional de Protección Civil,
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Mexico City gets unsteadily back on its feet after quakeTue, 26 Sep 2017 05:16:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY: Mexico City’s infamous traffic jams were back on Monday as offices re-opened after last week’s deadly earthquake, but closed schools and clusters of homeless people served as reminders that life in the megalopolis has not yet r
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),