M 6.6 in Mexico on 01 Feb 2019 16:14 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 1169462
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 67.93 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.7628 , -92.2981
Event Date: 01 Feb 2019 16:14 UTC
01 Feb 2019 10:14 Local
Exposed Population: 650000 people in MMI
3950000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Feb 2019 16:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Mexico)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Guatemala= 5.5; Mexico= 4.4

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us2000jbub Scaled population (vector) 1.88 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.92      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 144 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Increased lightning hazard ‘almost guaranteed’Tue, 05 Feb 2019 04:21:00 +0100.

, warn scientists. Evidence points to a concentration of lightning strikes around major urban areas compared with their rural surroundings. It’s estimated that 55% of the world’s population lives in cities; by 2050 this proportion could be
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Increased lightning hazard ‘almost guarantee’Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:55:00 +0100.

, warn scientists. Evidence points to a concentration of lightning strikes around major urban areas compared with their rural surroundings. It’s estimated that 55% of the world’s population lives in cities; by 2050 this proportion could be
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México: reportan sismo de magnitud 6,6 y descartan tsunami en litoral ... Sun, 03 Feb 2019 05:14:00 +0100.

Epicentro se habría dado en Chiapas y descartan un posible tsunami en Perú México: reportan sismo de magnitud 6,6 y descartan tsunami en litoral peruano 01 de Febrero del 2019 - 11:43 » Textos: Redacción Multimedia Un de magnitud 6,6 se d
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ग्वाटेमाला, मेक्सिको व इंडोनेशिया में भूकंप के झटके, हजारों लोगों को स ... Sat, 02 Feb 2019 13:52:00 +0100.

अमेरिका: मेक्सिको और ग्वाटेमाला में 6.5 तीव्रता के भूकंप के झटके महसूस किए गए, जिसमें तीन लोग घायल हुए हैं और कई इमारतें भी क्षतिग्रस्त हुई हैं. वहीँ इंडोनेशिया में भी 6.0 तीव्रता वाले भूकंप के झटके लगे. मेक्सिको की राष्ट्रीय भूविज्ञान सेवा
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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 (91), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),