M 4.8 in Mexico on 23 Feb 2017 09:47 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 1106242
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 75.03 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.1889 , -95.4139
Event Date: 23 Feb 2017 09:47 UTC
23 Feb 2017 03:47 Local
Exposed Population:
600000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Feb 2017 10:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
us20008lqk Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 385 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 0

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Tsunami van antisemitisme overspoelt VS, wéér grafstenen joodse begraa ... Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:52:00 +0100.

. 27/02 08:30 - Tsunami van antisemitisme overspoelt VS, wéér grafstenen joodse begraafplaats vernield Ongeveer honderd grafstenen op een joodse begraafplaats in Philadelphia zijn vernield. Dat zei de politie zondag. Een week geleden hadden
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Risk Of Cascadia Quake Elevated As Puget Sound 'Slow Slip' Event Begin ... Mon, 27 Feb 2017 05:54:00 +0100.

A slow earthquake is happening under Puget Sound right now, which increases the risk of a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. SEATTLE, WA — Although the risk is slight, it might be a good time to check your supply of food and fresh water.
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Los lugares de la Tierra donde la naturaleza es más peligrosa para tiMon, 27 Feb 2017 05:06:00 +0100.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),