M 4.6 in Mexico on 20 Sep 2017 03:28 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 1121892
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 48.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.1444 , -94.8719
Event Date: 20 Sep 2017 03:28 UTC
19 Sep 2017 22:28 Local
Exposed Population:
590000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2017 03:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000argd Scaled population (vector) 5.9  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1632 | About casualties: 56 | Last hour: 0

2 new quakes shake southern Mexico, already coping with disastersSun, 24 Sep 2017 03:19:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY. Two more earthquakes shook southern Mexico on Saturday, further rattling a country still coming to grips with the devastation from stronger temblors earlier this month. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake Saturday morning was centered i
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Mexico rescuers mounts last-ditch search for quake survivorsSun, 24 Sep 2017 03:16:00 +0200.

Mexico City (AFP) - Mexican rescuers were working through the early hours Saturday in a desperate search for survivors of an earthquake that killed nearly 300 people, hoping to defy experts who say the chances of finding life in the rubble
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2 new quakes shake southern Mexico, already coping with disastersSun, 24 Sep 2017 03:16:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY. Two more earthquakes shook southern Mexico on Saturday, further rattling a country still coming to grips with the devastation from stronger temblors earlier this month. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake Saturday morning was centered i
...(more)
Aumenta cifra de fallecidos por terremoto en MéxicoSun, 24 Sep 2017 03:15:00 +0200.

Lamentablemente, las víctimas superan las 300 personas, según las autoridades. El Coordinador Nacional de Protección Civil de la Secretaría de Gobernación en México, Luis Felipe Puente , anunció que de momento hay un total de 307 fallecido
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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),