M 6.2 in Mexico on 08 Oct 2014 02:40 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 1041053
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.82 , -108.42
Event Date: 08 Oct 2014 02:40 UTC
07 Oct 2014 19:40 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2014 03:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 117 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Un sismo de 6,8° afectó a la zona sur de Isla de PascuaThu, 09 Oct 2014 05:42:00 +0200.

El SHOA afirmó que el sismo no reúne las condiciones necesarias para generar un tsunami.
Terremoto de 6,8 grados sacude el Pacífico surorientalThu, 09 Oct 2014 05:40:00 +0200.

El sismo se registró a unos 570 kilómetros al sur de las islas al este de Chile. Thumbnail Image: leer más
Terremoto de 6,8 graus abala sudeste do PacíficoThu, 09 Oct 2014 05:35:00 +0200.

Epicentro do sismo foi a 570 km ao sul das ilhas do leste do Chile. Centro de Alertas de Tsunami, no Havaí, descartou risco de maremoto.
Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes near Easter IslandThu, 09 Oct 2014 05:32:00 +0200.

An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 6.8 struck off Easter Island early on Thursday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said, but added there was no threat of a tsunami. The quake h...

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