Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 18 Jan 2018 08:43 UTC

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M 4.5 in Mexico on 18 Jan 2018 08:43 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:	4.5M
Depth:	126.45 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.0696 , -94.7466
Event Date:	18 Jan 2018 08:43 UTC 18 Jan 2018 02:43 Local
Exposed Population:	750000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000ckpj
Inserted at:	18 Jan 2018 09:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000ckpj	Scaled population (vector)	5.73
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-1
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1194653		0	18 Jan 2018 08:43	4.5M, 126.45km	N/A	760 thousand (in 100km)		00:34	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 El Modelo, Hacienda del Corte, Chimalapa, Escuilapa, Chahuite, Boca del Monte, Mogone, Palo Grande, Doña Mariana, Agotepe, and Asunción.

Radius	Population
100 km	830000 people
75 km	390000 people
50 km	150000 people
20 km	10000 people
10 km	1800 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people
Veracruz	Mexico	6.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Modelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	4 km
Hacienda del Corte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	15 km
Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Escuilapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Chahuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Boca del Monte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Mogone	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Palo Grande	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Doña Mariana	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Agotepe	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Matías Romero	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	20000 people	37 km
Carnicería	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
San Miguel Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Guichicovi	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4300 people	39 km
Zapote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Cordoncillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Boca Chalchijapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Cacaotal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Agua Escondida	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Almoloya	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Jesús Carranza	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	3500 people	50 km
Santo Domingo Petapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Soledad	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Agua Caliente	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Sitio Viejo	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Los Icacos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Platanillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
San Jerónimo Zoochina	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Guayabal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Agua Fría	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Niltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3200 people	59 km
Majada Coyote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Reyes	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Álvaro Díaz	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Guexchoza	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Aguacatenango	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Coapiloloya	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Charnehuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Unión Hidalgo	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	12000 people	67 km
Abundancia	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Ciudad Ixtepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	-	68 km
Cabrera	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Arena	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Asunción	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	70 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
Ixtepec	IZT	unknown				0	67 km
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	77 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Presidente Benito Juarez	Tehuantepec	1961	98 km

More information

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