M 5.8 in Mexico on 23 Sep 2017 10:38 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 1122152
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 74.22 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.6979 , -94.1625
Event Date: 23 Sep 2017 10:38 UTC
23 Sep 2017 04:38 Local
Exposed Population: 240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Sep 2017 10:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000atis Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 487 | About casualties: 33 | Last hour: 0

Government readies new alert system to warn of possible massive Nankai ... Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:25:00 +0200.

The government said Tuesday it will introduce a new warning system from November to alert residents in Pacific coastal areas in central and southwestern parts of the country to a potential massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough. The new wa
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Gov't to start new warning system for massive earthquake possibilityWed, 27 Sep 2017 10:21:00 +0200.

The government will start a new warning system from November to alert residents that could be affected by a magnitude-9 class temblor in the Nankai Trough. The new warnings, based on the observation of foreshocks, will be issued by the Japa
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Japan media fantasiesWed, 27 Sep 2017 10:01:00 +0200.

Some Japanese media outlets are forgetting even basic journalistic ethics by repeating distorted and irresponsible reports with regard to the latest nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula. For instance, Fuji News Network (FNN) reported U.S.
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Sismo de magnitud 5.8 sacude México este domingoWed, 27 Sep 2017 09:51:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 5.8 sacudió este domingo Chiapas, México, de acuerdo con el reporte del Servicio Sismológico Nacional (SSN). Desde la mañana del sábado, la nación norteamericana fue afectada por una serie de sismos, el de mayor m
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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),