M 6.1 in Mexico on 23 Sep 2017 12:53 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 1122159
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 9.01 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.7365 , -94.9462
Event Date: 23 Sep 2017 12:53 UTC
23 Sep 2017 07:53 Local
Exposed Population: About 9000 people in MMI
770000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Sep 2017 13:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000atjv Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 642 | About casualties: 33 | Last hour: 0

Los mexicanos intentan recuperar la normalidadWed, 27 Sep 2017 12:46:00 +0200.

La esperanza de hallar vida entre los escombros se va desvaneciendo en el séptimo día de labores de rescate en los edificios colapsados por el terremoto en la capital de México de la pasada semana, mientras el Gobierno prepara la reconstruc
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زلزال بقوة 6 ريختر يضرب سواحل اليابانWed, 27 Sep 2017 12:33:00 +0200.

ضرب زلزال بلغت قوته 6 ريختر، السواحل الشمالية الشرقية لليابان اليوم الأربعاء. وذكرت وكالة الأرصاد الجوية اليابانية في بيان، أن الزلزال وقع في المحيط الهادئ قبالة سواحل مدينتي إيواتي وآومورو، على عمق 30 كم تحت سطح البحر. من جانبها أعلنت هيئة
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Los mexicanos temen no hallar sobrevivientes del terremotoWed, 27 Sep 2017 12:11:00 +0200.

La esperanza de hallar vida entre los escombros se va desvaneciendo en el séptimo día de labores de rescate en los edificios colapsados por el terremoto en la capital de México de la pasada semana, mientras el Gobierno prepara la reconstruc
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In Puglia l’innalzamento del mare e l’impatto antropico si stanno mang ... Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:06:00 +0200.

L’Italia è stata colpita numerose volte da ondazioni eccezionali, mareggiate e tsunami; questi ultimi hanno lasciato memoria e danni gravissimi numerose volte, ad esempio nel 1908, a seguito del terremoto di Messina. START – Sistemi di rapi
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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.
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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),