M 5.66 in Mexico on 13 May 2018 00:48 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 1142904
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 1.27 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.0369987 , -115.9161682
Event Date: 13 May 2018 00:48 UTC
12 May 2018 17:48 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
1620000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 May 2018 00:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Mexico= 4.4; United States= 2.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
CALTECH 0 0
ci38171808 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 111 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Let's golf: It's only a volcanoWed, 16 May 2018 23:50:00 +0200.

(RNN) Why let a “little” volcanic eruption get in the way? A photographer caught golfers this week sneaking in a quick round, while the Kilauea volcano menacingly belched a massive plume of ash in the background. Scientists say the ash clou
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Let's golf: It's only a volcanoWed, 16 May 2018 23:47:00 +0200.

(RNN) Why let a “little” volcanic eruption get in the way? A photographer caught golfers this week sneaking in a quick round, while the Kilauea volcano menacingly belched a massive plume of ash in the background. Scientists say the ash clou
...(more)
Let's golf: It's only a volcanoWed, 16 May 2018 23:23:00 +0200.

(RNN) Why let a “little” volcanic eruption get in the way? A photographer caught golfers this week sneaking in a quick round, while the Kilauea volcano menacingly belched a massive plume of ash in the background. Scientists say the ash clou
...(more)
Let's golf: It's only a volcanoWed, 16 May 2018 23:19:00 +0200.

(RNN) Why let a “little” volcanic eruption get in the way? A photographer caught golfers this week sneaking in a quick round, while the Kilauea volcano menacingly belched a massive plume of ash in the background. Scientists say the ash clou
...(more)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),