M 5.5 in Mexico on 24 May 2020 03:52 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 1219444
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 15.79 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.6838 , -93.7728
Event Date: 24 May 2020 03:52 UTC
23 May 2020 21:52 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 May 2020 06:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70009pb6 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 44 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

N.S. company who pivoted to face shields sees future for local PPEWed, 27 May 2020 21:59:00 +0200.

A small Nova Scotia company that retooled to make medical face shields for the province's health-care system says it is exceeding its own manufacturing target more than a month into the fledgling venture. MacKenzie Atlantic, located in Musq
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One third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depressio ... Wed, 27 May 2020 19:47:00 +0200.

The results highlight a massive decline in the mental health of Americans when compared to data compiled in 2014. In response to one question about feeling in a depressed mood, the amount who said 'yes' has doubled from the 2014 data. When
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Halifax-area company making medical face shields sees future for local ... Wed, 27 May 2020 15:39:00 +0200.

HALIFAX—A small Nova Scotia company that retooled to make medical face shields for the province’s health-care system says it is exceeding its own manufacturing target more than a month into the fledgling venture. MacKenzie Atlantic, located
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Halifax-area company making medical face shields sees future for local ... Wed, 27 May 2020 15:17:00 +0200.

A small Nova Scotia company that retooled to make medical face shields for the province’s health-care system says it is exceeding its own manufacturing target more than a month into the fledgling venture. MacKenzie Atlantic, located in Musq
...(more)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),