M 4.7 in Mexico on 12 Jul 2020 15:09 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 1226117
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.7348 , -105.4279
Event Date: 12 Jul 2020 15:09 UTC
12 Jul 2020 08:09 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2020 15:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000amas Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 300 | About casualties: 60 | Last hour: 0

Sand deposits reveal great earthquakes and tsunamis at Mexican Pacific ... Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:22:00 +0200.

Globally, instrumentally based assessments of tsunamigenic potential of subduction zones have underestimated the magnitude and frequency of great events because of their short time record. Historical and sediment records of large earthquake
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Así se fue el sismo de 7,5 grados de magnitud que sacudió a MéxicoThu, 09 Jul 2020 07:23:00 +0200.

Peatones en la Ciudad de México captaron el momento en que el sismo provocaba la separación en banquetas. Video de: — La Silla Rota (@lasillarota) June 23, 2020 Hasta ahora se contabilizan 147 réplicas, la más fuerte de 4,6, reportó el Serv
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Why Idaho Hasn't Stopped Shaking Since March 31Thu, 09 Jul 2020 05:17:00 +0200.

Geologists are puzzling over exactly what caused an earthquake in the otherwise quiet region. Some researchers suspect the Sawtooth Fault is actually longer than expected. Others believe the fault is now taking advantage of openings in Eart
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Why Idaho Hasn't Stopped Shaking Since March 31Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:25:00 +0200.

Geologists are puzzling over exactly what caused an earthquake in the otherwise quiet region. Some researchers suspect the Sawtooth Fault is actually longer than expected. Others believe the fault is now taking advantage of openings in Eart
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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),