M 5.1 in Mexico on 15 Sep 2016 13:46 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 1093999
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 51.65 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.2504 , -94.8009
Event Date: 15 Sep 2016 13:46 UTC
15 Sep 2016 08:46 Local
Exposed Population:
1110331 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Sep 2016 14:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006psr 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: 553 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Bancos, listos para operar en caso de temblorMon, 19 Sep 2016 12:33:00 +0200.

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Hurricane Paine forms in Pacific off Mexico's coastMon, 19 Sep 2016 12:20:00 +0200.

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Paine has formed in the Pacific off Mexico's coast but it's expected to weaken soon. Paine's maximum sustained winds early Monday are near 75 mph (121 kph). But the U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm is exp
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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),