M 6 in Mexico on 01 May 2012 22:43 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 116646
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 14 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.3876 , -92.834
Event Date: 01 May 2012 22:43 UTC
01 May 2012 16:43 Local
Exposed Population:
824407 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 May 2012 05:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
usc0009gut 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Motorcycle swept away by Japanese tsunami reaches Canada 5/2/2012 12:22:00 PM.

Harley-Davidson that journeyed 4,000 miles and found washed up on Canadian island is identified by its owner It must have been a wild ride. A Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 4,
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Children build xylophone from tsunami debris to overcome PTSD 5/2/2012 12:21:00 PM.

Children at Yuriage Elementary School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, create a "garekki" musical instrument from tsunami debris. (Kengo Hiyoshi) NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--Elementary school pupils in the Yuriage district here have created a
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Tsunami-fearing city looks to animals for warning signs 5/2/2012 12:21:00 PM.

Naoyuki Yada, associate professor at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology, monitors cats for warning signs of a large earthquake in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Yuki Yamamoto) Catfish's activities are recorded with an infrared ray sensor.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),