M 4.7 in Mexico on 02 Aug 2016 08:00 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 1091122
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 41.99 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.9031 , -99.7262
Event Date: 02 Aug 2016 08:00 UTC
02 Aug 2016 03:00 Local
Exposed Population:
1740320 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Aug 2016 08:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100069ek 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: 1610 | About casualties: 59 | Last hour: 0

Tropical Storm Earl Has Several Mexico States on Alert for Heavy RainsSat, 06 Aug 2016 07:18:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY – Tropical Storm Earl, which after crossing southeastern Mexico is now passing over the Gulf Coast, has a number of states on the alert because of its potential for torrential rains, the emergency management agency said Friday.
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Más pobreza: daños colaterales del cambio climáticoSat, 06 Aug 2016 07:18:00 +0200.

El tsunami en el sudeste asiático del 2004, el huracán Katrina en Estados Unidos en el 2005, El ciclón Nargis en Birmania en el 2008, la onda de calor durante el 2003 y 2010 en Europa y Rusia respectivamente, el terremoto de Haití en el 201
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Coastal residents shouldn’t be lulled with Hurricane DroughtSat, 06 Aug 2016 07:05:00 +0200.

Hurricanes, large and small, have eluded U.S. shores for record lengths of time. As population and wealth along parts of the U.S. coast have exploded since the last stormy period, experts dread the potential damage and harm once the drought
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Esperanza: el japonés que aún busca bajo el agua a su esposa desaparec ... Sat, 06 Aug 2016 07:04:00 +0200.

TOKIO.- El cuerpo de Yuko Takamatsu debía estar mar adentro, en algún lugar frente a las costas de Japón. Ya habían pasado dos años y medio desde el tsunami que asoló la costa este del país y nadie la había encontrado. En realidad, nadie la
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),