M 4.8 in Northern Mexico on 04 Oct 2013 11:19 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.85 , -105.69
Event Date: 04 Oct 2013 11:19 UTC
04 Oct 2013 05:19 Local
Exposed Population:
960782 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=337497
Inserted at: 04 Oct 2013 14:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.1 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=337497 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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1014574 0.2 04 Oct 2013 11:19 5M, 10km N/A 570 thousand (in 100km) 00:13 GEOFON
1014577 0 04 Oct 2013 11:19 4.6M, 10km N/A 650 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 EMSC
1014578 0 04 Oct 2013 11:19 4.6M, 5km N/A 650 thousand (in 100km) 00:23 EMSC
1014581 0 04 Oct 2013 11:19 4.6M, 10km N/A 650 thousand (in 100km) 00:25 NEIC
1014599 0 04 Oct 2013 11:19 4.6M, 2km N/A 980 thousand (in 100km) 01:50 EMSC
1014620 0 04 Oct 2013 11:19 4.8M, 2km N/A 960 thousand (in 100km) 03:14 EMSC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Mexico , State of Chihuahua (population 2,656,214) . The nearest places are Chihuahua, and Santa Gertrudis.

Radius Population
100 km 570000 people
75 km 290000 people
50 km 150000 people
20 km 6200 people
10 km 1300 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Chihuahua Mexico 2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Santa Gertrudis Chihuahua Mexico Village - 5 km
Chihuahua Chihuahua Mexico Major city 690000 people 101 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Las Delicias 1185 52 km
Ciudad Camargo Southeast 386 61 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
La Boquilla Camargo 1916 38 km

More information

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