M 5.1 in Mexico on 25 Oct 2020 12:47 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 1240867
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 71.22 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.8012 , -92.5237
Event Date: 25 Oct 2020 12:47 UTC
25 Oct 2020 06:47 Local
Exposed Population:
2790000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2020 17:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Guatemala= 5.5; Mexico= 4.4

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ccys Scaled population (vector) 6.45  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.19  
  INFORM_normalised 1.05  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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Scientists rediscover tectonic plate lost for 60 million yearsSat, 24 Oct 2020 17:51:00 +0200.

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Despite active hurricane season, Louisiana's coastal restoration proje ... Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:07:00 +0200.

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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),