M 4.5 in Mexico on 28 Sep 2020 23:27 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 1237277
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.1614 , -97.716
Event Date: 28 Sep 2020 23:27 UTC
28 Sep 2020 18:27 Local
Exposed Population:
750000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Sep 2020 23:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c2ch Scaled population (vector) 5.99  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 106 | About casualties: 40 | Last hour: 0

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The USGS has reported more than 100 earthquakes magnitude 2.5-plus in Imperial County, from Sept. 30-Oct.1, 2020. U.S. Geological Survey. A swarm of earthquakes, the largest a magnitude-4.9, rattled Southern California near the Mexico borde
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California earthquake alert: Experts warn of more quakes as swarm ‘dev ... Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:26:00 +0200.

A swarm of earthquakes hit the state between the San Andreas and Imperial fault lines over the last few days. The cluster was reported in the south-east of the US state, near to the Salton Sea, close the border with Mexico. According to the
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Southern California earthquake swarm: 54 quakes in five hours, magnitu ... Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:48:00 +0200.

A swarm of earthquakes, the largest magnitude 4.9, rattled Southern California near the Salton Sea on Wednesday evening. No damage or injuries were reported. More than 90 quakes struck between 4 p.m. and 8:40 p.m. in remote Imperial County,
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Southern California earthquake swarm: 54 quakes in five hours, magnitu ... Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:45:00 +0200.

A swarm of earthquakes, the largest magnitude 4.9, rattled Southern California near the Salton Sea on Wednesday evening. No damage or injuries were reported. More than 90 quakes struck between 4 p.m. and 8:40 p.m. in remote Imperial County,
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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),