Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 23 May 2016 19:20 UTC

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M 5.2 in Mexico on 23 May 2016 19:20 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:	5.2M
Depth:	124 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.7474 , -93.8216
Event Date:	23 May 2016 19:20 UTC 23 May 2016 14:20 Local
Exposed Population:	1349872 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	23 May 2016 22:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.7		-0.7
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1129128		-0.7	23 May 2016 19:20	5.2M, 120.46km	N/A	1.3 million (in 100km)		00:15	NEIC
1129137		-0.7	23 May 2016 19:20	5.2M, 124km	N/A	1.3 million (in 100km)		02:54	NEIC

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 Chiapas (population 3,524,501) . The nearest places are San Rafael, Los Álamos, La Nuava, Cintalapa, La Providencia, El Carmen, Llano Grande, Jianipilas, Horizonte, La Libertad, and Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.4 million people
75 km	530000 people
50 km	200000 people
20 km	76000 people
10 km	14000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	3.5 million people
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Rafael	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	6 km
Los Álamos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	7 km
La Nuava	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	12 km
Cintalapa	Chiapas	Mexico	City	33000 people	15 km
La Providencia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	17 km
El Carmen	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Llano Grande	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Jianipilas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Horizonte	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
La Libertad	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
San Clemente	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Uralla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Platanar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Descargadero de Puebla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
San Carlos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Paso Chiapa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Dolores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Los Bordos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Las Cruces	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
El Espinal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Billar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Arriaga	Chiapas	Mexico	City	22000 people	44 km
Cristóbal Obregón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	4100 people	45 km
La Punta	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Rincon Antonio de Maza	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Tapanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	7100 people	49 km
Guadalupe	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Ocozocoautla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	31000 people	53 km
Casas Viejas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Chico Zapote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
El Valle	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Chahuites	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	9700 people	54 km
Bocotzica	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Jobo Dulce	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Carrizal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Emiliano Zapata	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
La Garaza	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Villa del Mar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Zanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	6900 people	58 km
Madre Mía	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Xocotepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Tonalá	Chiapas	Mexico	City	32000 people	62 km
San Vicente	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
El Edén	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Majada Coyote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Puerto Rico	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Paredón Viejo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Las Mercedes	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Berriozaba	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Cabestrada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
La Esperanza	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Cocú	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Aguilar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Cruzadero	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Cachimba	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
El Carmen	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Chaspac	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	70 km
Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Chiapas	Mexico	Major city	440000 people	79 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
Llano San Juan	TGZ	1052	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	54 km
Francisco Sarabia		579				0	72 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Malpaso	Netzahualcoyotl	Grijalva	1964	66 km
	Manuel Moreno Torres	Grijalva	1980	86 km
	Penitas	Grijalva	1985	99 km

More information

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