Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico from 21 Jan 2016 18:06 UTC to 18:07

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M 6.9 in Mexico from 21 Jan 2016 18:06 UTC to 18:07

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:	6.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.6 , -107
Event Date:	21 Jan 2016 18:07 UTC 21 Jan 2016 11:07 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NTWC
Inserted at:	21 Jan 2016 18:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NTWC	0		0.3		0.3
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.31m
	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
1115987		0.3	21 Jan 2016 18:07	6.9M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:38)	00:08	NTWC
1115992		0.5	21 Jan 2016 18:06	6.6M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:31)	00:20	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 Jalisco (population 5,772,704) .

Radius	Population
100 km	no people
75 km	no people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Country	Region Province	Population
Mexico	Jalisco	5.8 million people
Mexico	Colima	470000 people
Mexico	Nayarit	900000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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