M 5.2 in Mexico on 23 May 2016 19:20 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 1086848
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 124 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.7474 , -93.8216
Event Date: 23 May 2016 19:20 UTC
23 May 2016 14:20 Local
Exposed Population:
1349872 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 May 2016 22:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.7 -0.7
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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 558 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

NOAA predicts 10-16 named storms, near-normal Atlantic hurricane seaso ... Fri, 27 May 2016 18:57:00 +0200.

The federal government predicts a near-normal 2016 hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin, with four to eight hurricanes expected to form. Overall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts 10 to 16 named tropical storm
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Nation-Now NOAA predicts 10-16 named storms, near-normal Atlantic hurr ... Fri, 27 May 2016 18:53:00 +0200.

The federal government predicts a near-normal 2016 hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin, with four to eight hurricanes expected to form. Overall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts 10 to 16 named tropical storm
...(more)
NOAA predicts 10-16 named storms, near-normal Atlantic hurricane seaso ... Fri, 27 May 2016 18:51:00 +0200.

SUITLAND, Md. The federal government predicts a near-normal 2016 hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin, with four to eight hurricanes expected to form. Overall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts 10 to 16 named
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NOAA predicts 10-16 named storms, near-normal hurricane seasonFri, 27 May 2016 18:43:00 +0200.

SUITLAND, Md. — The federal government predicts a near-normal 2016 hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin, with four to eight hurricanes expected to form. Overall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts 10 to 16 name
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),