M 6 in Mexico on 15 Nov 2012 09:20 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 120907
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 60.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.4069 , -100.373
Event Date: 15 Nov 2012 09:20 UTC
15 Nov 2012 03:20 Local
Exposed Population:
1309600 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Nov 2012 09:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
usc000dsyl Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 502 | About casualties: 64 | Last hour: 0

Guam and Sendai, Japan Sign Sister Airport AgreementMon, 19 Nov 2012 09:16:00 +0100.

Guam - The A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport Authority has signed a sister airport agreement with Japan's Sendai airport. This sister airport relationship adds to the two decades of friendship and goodwill between the Miyagi prefectur
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Fish with high levels of radioactivity found in JapanMon, 19 Nov 2012 06:40:00 +0100.

A study by Japan's environment ministry has found the presence of fish with high levels of radioactive cesium in rivers and reservoirs in Fukushima, the province where the nuclear disaster at a power ...
Eric Zipper, un Colmarien qui veut aider son prochainMon, 19 Nov 2012 06:23:00 +0100.

Investi depuis très longtemps dans le Spéléo secours français, le Colmarien Éric Zipper est depuis plus de six mois président de l'ONG Corps mondial de secours. Source : L'Alsace - Régions : Alsace - Articles similaires
Sobrevivieron a “la gran ola”Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:39:00 +0100.

La luz de la luna se reflejó en la muralla de agua que se alzó del mar frente a la isla de Méndez, en la bahía de Jiquilisco, Usulután. Don Manuel y Don José coinciden en señalar que todo ocurrió en cuestión de segundos, y que cuando gritar
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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),