M 4.8 in Mexico on 30 Sep 2017 18:15 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 1122749
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 63.17 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.2598 , -94.7087
Event Date: 30 Sep 2017 18:15 UTC
30 Sep 2017 13:15 Local
Exposed Population:
650000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Sep 2017 18:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000ax7s Scaled population (vector) 5.8  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 995 | About casualties: 119 | Last hour: 0

The Latest: Mexico quake death toll rises to 369Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:07:00 +0200.

Movers carry a bed frame from a condemned building in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Across Mexico City, some 40 buildings collapsed in the Sept. 19 earthquake and hundreds of others were so severely damaged
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Ser influencer conlleva una responsabilidad socialWed, 04 Oct 2017 18:07:00 +0200.

México (Notimex).– Los líderes de opinión actuales o también denominados influencers, que utilizan las redes sociales y plataformas digitales, están conscientes que su número de seguidores y el espacio que utilizan conlleva una responsabili
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Search ends for bodies in Mexico City after earthquakeWed, 04 Oct 2017 18:04:00 +0200.

The remains of a building that collapsed in an earthquake and a red tape reading "Danger" are seen after rescue teams retrieved the last body trapped in the rubble, in Mexico City, Mexico October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril. MEXICO CI
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nternet satelital al rescate en desastres naturales TEXTO 10:31:16Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:04:00 +0200.

Tras desastres naturales como huracanes o sismos, uno de los primeros servicios que sufre alteraciones es la comunicación. Tras el huracán María, el cual devastó Puerto Rico, las personas no podían comunicarse por medio de sus teléfonos con
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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.
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),