M 4.7 in Mexico on 24 Sep 2017 23:29 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 1122260
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 51.11 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.7024 , -94.3453
Event Date: 24 Sep 2017 23:29 UTC
24 Sep 2017 17:29 Local
Exposed Population:
230000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Sep 2017 00:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000au2s Scaled population (vector) 4.83  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 601 | About casualties: 29 | Last hour: 0

Mexico quake death toll 344 as most collapse sites clearedThu, 28 Sep 2017 23:18:00 +0200.

The Associated Press. A memorial for victims of last weeks 7.1 earthquake stands in the Condesa neighborhood, where some buildings collapsed, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Across Mexico City, some 40 buildings collapsed in the
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¡Qué ejemplo! Ferretería tuvo el acto más solidario del mundo tras ter ... Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:11:00 +0200.

El dueño de la tienda no lo pensó dos veces e hizo algo admirable ¡Ejemplo a seguir! Tras el terremoto de 7.1 grados que azotó la ciudad de el pasado 19 de septiembre son muchas las muestras de amor y solidaridad que han aparecido. Es así
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Mexico quake death toll 344 as most collapse sites clearedThu, 28 Sep 2017 23:07:00 +0200.

A memorial for victims of last weeks 7.1 earthquake stands in the Condesa neighborhood, where some buildings collapsed, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Across Mexico City, some 40 buildings collapsed in the Sept. 19 earthquake an
...(more)
Large earthquakes along Olympic Mountain faults, Washington State, USAThu, 28 Sep 2017 23:07:00 +0200.

The study published September 27 in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America estimates that the two most recent earthquakes on the faults, one occurring around 2900 years ago and one occurring 1300 years ago, were likely of magn
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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),