Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 29 Sep 2016 08:56 UTC

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M 5.1 in Mexico on 29 Sep 2016 08:56 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:	5.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.8565 , -98.3336
Event Date:	29 Sep 2016 08:56 UTC 29 Sep 2016 01:56 Local
Exposed Population:	336593 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006trl
Inserted at:	29 Sep 2016 09:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006trl	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
1141559		0	29 Sep 2016 08:55	5.2M, 42.73km	N/A	780 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC
1141560		0	29 Sep 2016 08:56	5.1M, 10km	N/A	340 thousand (in 100km)		00:27	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 Oaxaca (population 3,329,574) . The nearest places are Santiago, Armenta, Huanacastle, Cuajinicuilapa, Las Conchitas, Ciruelo, San Juan Bautista lo de Soto, Lo de Liborio, Piedra Ancha, San Nicolás, and Amole.

Radius	Population
100 km	750000 people
75 km	470000 people
50 km	290000 people
20 km	39000 people
10 km	5800 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Santiago	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	8 km
Armenta	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	8 km
Huanacastle	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	12 km
Cuajinicuilapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	9300 people	12 km
Las Conchitas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
Ciruelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	16 km
San Juan Bautista lo de Soto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Lo de Liborio	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Piedra Ancha	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
San Nicolás	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
Pie Cerro	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Huanjintepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Alto de las Mesas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Vista Hermosa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Cacahuatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3600 people	31 km
Pinotepa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Ometepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	18000 people	33 km
Tierra Colorada	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Achiotes	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
La Soledad	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Jicayan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4200 people	38 km
Ipalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Acatepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Xochistlahuaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	3500 people	45 km
San Andres	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Tlacoachixtlahuaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Igualapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Chico Ometepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
San Cristóbal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
San Cristóbal	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Zacatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4400 people	55 km
Huehuetono	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Jamiltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	9800 people	56 km
Marquelia	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	6800 people	56 km
Azoyú	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	4200 people	56 km
La Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
La Tuza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Quetzalapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
El Platanillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
El Cacao	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
San Luis Acatlan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Coyul	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Amole	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 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
Ta lo de Soto		149				0	11 km
Pinotepa Nacional	PNO	unknown				0	28 km

More information

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