M 4.6 in Mexico on 03 Aug 2020 06:46 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 1228680
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.0752 , -102.7457
Event Date: 03 Aug 2020 06:46 UTC
03 Aug 2020 01:46 Local
Exposed Population:
290000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Aug 2020 07:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b8lq Scaled population (vector) 5.4  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 62 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

NACIONAL - Población:Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:19:00 +0200.

09:12, 2020-08-06. El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador inauguró el miércoles una presa en el norte de México a pesar de que las obras fueron suspendidas simbólicamente por antropólogos porque está inundando sitios indígenas milenarios
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Turkey sends earthquake aid to MexicoThu, 06 Aug 2020 11:09:00 +0200.

Turkey’s state aid agency announced Wednesday that it sent emergency humanitarian aid to Oaxaca, Mexico to aid people in need in the wake of an earthquake there. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) delivered aid parcels t
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Turkey sends earthquake aid to MexicoWed, 05 Aug 2020 20:28:00 +0200.

ANKARA. Turkey’s state aid agency announced Wednesday that it sent emergency humanitarian aid to Oaxaca, Mexico to aid people in need in the wake of an earthquake there. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) delivered aid p
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Turkey sends earthquake aid to MexicoWed, 05 Aug 2020 19:37:00 +0200.

State-run Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency delivers aid parcels to 400 families affected by quake on June 23. ANKARA. Turkey’s state aid agency announced Wednesday that it sent emergency humanitarian aid to Oaxaca, Mexico to aid
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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),