M 4.8 in Mexico on 16 Nov 2017 12:55 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 1126597
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 74.05 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.7263 , -94.3583
Event Date: 16 Nov 2017 12:55 UTC
16 Nov 2017 06:55 Local
Exposed Population:
240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Nov 2017 13:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bpq3 Scaled population (vector) 4.84  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 859 | About casualties: 64 | Last hour: 0

Bangladesh: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapsho ... Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:44:00 +0100.

Bangladesh. As of 18 November, 621,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed the border to Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence in Rakhine State (Myanmar) on 25 August. Water, sanitation and hygiene conditions in the camps and makeshift settl
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Mandra: les inondations meurtrières laissent place à un terrible spect ... Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:33:00 +0100.

Mercredi dernier, de violentes inondations ont tué au moins vingt personnes à Mandra (Grèce). Maisons et esprits sont totalement ravagés depuis l’incident. Six jours après les inondations qui ont fait au moins vingt morts et deux personnes
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В Тихом океане произошло мощное землетрясение: ожидают опасных цунамиMon, 20 Nov 2017 12:12:00 +0100.

В Тихом океане у берегов Новой Каледонии произошло мощное землетрясение магнитудой 7,3, объявлена эвакуация населения. Об этом сообщает ABC News со ссылкой на Геологическую службу США (USGS). “Опасные волны цунами от этого землетрясения мог
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10:53 CATASTROPHE Séisme de magnitude 7 au large de la Nouvelle-Calédo ... Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:11:00 +0100.

Le séisme a été fortement ressenti par la population de Nouvelle-Calédonie. (image d'illustration) — MARC LE CHELARD / AFP. Un puissant séisme de magnitude 7 s’est produit ce lundi au large de l’archipel de Nouvelle-Calédonie , provoquant l
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),