M 5.7 in Mexico on 19 Jul 2018 13:31 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 1150761
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 55.37 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.8105 , -97.7805
Event Date: 19 Jul 2018 13:31 UTC
19 Jul 2018 08:31 Local
Exposed Population: 1560000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2018 13:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000g8sc 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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 228 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Detienen al responsable que autorizó la ampliación de una escuela que ... Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:58:00 +0200.

El sospechoso estuvo prófugo de la justicia durante un año y según la Procuraduría General de Justicia será acusado de homicidio culposo, entre otros cargos. El colapso de la estructura por el movimiento sísmico en septiembre de 2017 provoc
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Hero dog gets her own statue and takes photos with it INSIDERMon, 23 Jul 2018 08:44:00 +0200.

A heroic dog who saved 12 people after an earthquake met her own statue — and the photos are adorable. This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. © Provide
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Mexico arrests construction overseer of collapsed schoolMon, 23 Jul 2018 06:01:00 +0200.

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo, volunteers and rescue workers search for children trapped inside at the collapsed Enrique Rebsamen school where 37 people died in Mexico City. Mexican police said Sunday, July 22, 2018 they have arr
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Mexico arrests construction overseer of collapsed schoolMon, 23 Jul 2018 04:58:00 +0200.

Mexican police have arrested the construction supervisor who oversaw work at an elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during a September earthquake, prosecutors said Sunday. The attorney general's office for Mexico City said the s
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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),