Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 15 Mar 2020 01:22 UTC

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M 5.1 in Mexico on 15 Mar 2020 01:22 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:	89.37 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.0748 , -92.7351
Event Date:	15 Mar 2020 01:22 UTC 14 Mar 2020 19:22 Local
Exposed Population:	2070000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60008fuy
Inserted at:	15 Mar 2020 01:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Guatemala= 5.5; Mexico= 4.4

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us60008fuy	Scaled population (vector)	6.17
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.19
	INFORM_normalised	1.05

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1300648		0	15 Mar 2020 01:22	5.1M, 89.37km	N/A	2.1 million (in 100km)		00:18	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 La Concepion, El Arenal, La Zacualpa, Francisco I. Madero, Barra de San José, Lazaro Cárdenas, Pueblo Nuevo, El Chilar, Acapetagua, Doña Maria, and Siltepec.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.1 million people
75 km	1.2 million people
50 km	360000 people
20 km	30000 people
10 km	3600 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Concepion	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	5 km
El Arenal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	11 km
La Zacualpa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	15 km
Francisco I. Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Barra de San José	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
Lazaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	22 km
El Chilar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Acapetagua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Doña Maria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Aquiles Serdan	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Huixtla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	29000 people	30 km
Escuintla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	8900 people	30 km
Unión Costa Rica	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Buenos Aires	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
El Triunfo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Flores Magón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Huehuetán	Chiapas	Mexico	City	7000 people	38 km
Mazatán	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5700 people	39 km
Agua Prieta	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Puerto Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9500 people	42 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	43 km
Pasito de la Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Rosario Zacatonal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
San Antonio Miramar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Consuelo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
La Victoria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Puerto de San Benito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
El Naranjo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Berriozabal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Boquerón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Tapachula	Chiapas	Mexico	City	200000 people	54 km
Llano Grande	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Babilonia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Salvador Urbina	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Jericó	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Altamira	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Motozintla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	19000 people	62 km
Palenque	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Tuxtla Chico	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	7100 people	63 km
Honduras	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Achuté	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	64 km
Margaritas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Metapa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Santa Ana	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	67 km
Cunlaj	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Siltepec	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	69 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
Tapachula International	TAP	29	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	50 km
Tapachula		110				0	51 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Madero	MXPMD	Mexico	52 km

More information

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