M 4.7 in Mexico on 20 Sep 2017 10:39 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 1121909
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 57.48 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.2723 , -93.4191
Event Date: 20 Sep 2017 10:39 UTC
20 Sep 2017 04:39 Local
Exposed Population:
340000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2017 10:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000arj1 Scaled population (vector) 5.05  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1092 | About casualties: 66 | Last hour: 0

Frida, la chienne héroïque du MexiqueSun, 24 Sep 2017 10:44:00 +0200.

Son masque protecteur ajusté autour des yeux et ses bottes tout-terrain lui donnent une allure singulière, mais l’odorat de la chienne Frida est sans égal lorsqu’il s’agit de sonder une montagne de décombres en quête de signes de vie après
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Another strong earthquake shakes MexicoSun, 24 Sep 2017 10:41:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY — A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes this month that together have killed more than
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Frida, la chienne héroïque qui a conquis le Mexique après le séismeSun, 24 Sep 2017 10:38:00 +0200.

Son masque protecteur ajusté autour des yeux et ses bottes tout-terrain lui donnent une allure singulière, mais l'odorat de la chienne Frida est sans égal lorsqu'il s'agit de sonder une montagne de décombres en quête de signes de vie après
...(more)
Hopes for Mexico quake survivors dim as search enters sixth daySun, 24 Sep 2017 10:30:00 +0200.

Emergency workers searched by floodlight in smashed buildings for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years amid fading rescue prospects, 5 nights after the disaster. The search continued in a ruined office building in Mexico C
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),