M 5.7 in Mexico on 08 Sep 2017 05:01 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 1120841
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 54.48 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.9366 , -93.9075
Event Date: 08 Sep 2017 05:01 UTC
08 Sep 2017 00:01 Local
Exposed Population: 520000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2017 13:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000ahv7 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 3355 | About casualties: 648 | Last hour: 0

Solidaria la Felap con Cuba y México por trágicos fenómenos naturalesTue, 12 Sep 2017 04:57:00 +0200.

La Federación Latinoamericana de Periodistas (Felap) expresó hoy su solidaridad con Cuba y México antes los trágicos fenómenos naturales que golpearon a sus respectivos pueblos con el costo de vidas humanas. "Los duros acontecimientos natur
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Mexico rushes aid to millions after powerful quake; death toll at 96Tue, 12 Sep 2017 04:53:00 +0200.

The quake was the most powerful to hit Mexico in over eight decades. (Adds details on Juchitan, aftershocks, Pemex refinery still shuttered) JUCHITAN, Mexico, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake that struck Mexico last week has left s
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El Gobierno mexicano recibe duras críticas por su gestión del terremot ... Tue, 12 Sep 2017 04:49:00 +0200.

El gran terremoto en México y una de las grandes tragedias el peor sismo del último siglo de la historia reciente del país con al menos un balance de 96 muertos , abrió brechas tanto en las casas como en la confianza de la ciudadanía hacia
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Peña Nieto eleva a 96 la cifra de muertos por terremoto en MéxicoTue, 12 Sep 2017 04:39:00 +0200.

Debido a los centenares de casas dañadas y devastadas por el terremoto, Peña Nieto pidió a las empresas constructoras "mostrar su solidaridad con la construcción de viviendas en Chiapas y Oaxaca". Asimismo, señaló que se realiza un censo a
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),