Overall Green Earthquake in Mexico on 23 Jun 2020 15:29 UTC

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M 7.4 in Mexico on 23 Jun 2020 15:29 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:	7.4M
Depth:	20 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.9315 , -95.9367
Event Date:	23 Jun 2020 15:29 UTC 23 Jun 2020 10:29 Local
Exposed Population:	About 4000 people in MMI 610000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000ah9t
Inserted at:	26 Jun 2020 16:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5		0.5
us6000ah9t	Scaled population (raster)	4.21	Max wave alert	0.59m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.59m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1317280	0.8	23 Jun 2020 15:29	7.7M, 33km	N/A	580 thousand (in 100km)	0.9m (at 01:12)	00:11	PTWC
1317281	0.9	23 Jun 2020 15:29	7.7M, 33km	N/A	590 thousand (in 100km)	1m (at 01:14)	00:12	NTWC
1317285	0.3	23 Jun 2020 15:29	7.4M, 23.31km	6.92	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.4m (at 01:10)	00:19	NEIC
1317290	0.6	23 Jun 2020 15:29	7.4M, 26.25km	7.62	170 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.3m (at 00:00)	05:23	NEIC
1317865	0.5	23 Jun 2020 15:29	7.4M, 20km	7.55	120 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.6m (at 01:12)	3d 01:17	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 San Isidro Chacalapa, Llano de Cal, Ayutla, Santa María, Mirador, El Coyol, San Miguel del Puerto, Tangolunda, Candelaria, Xanica, and San Francisco.

Radius	Population
100 km	610000 people
75 km	250000 people
50 km	99000 people
20 km	17000 people
10 km	3700 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Isidro Chacalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	2 km
Llano de Cal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	10 km
Ayutla	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	11 km
Santa María	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	13 km
Mirador	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
El Coyol	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
San Miguel del Puerto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Tangolunda	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
Candelaria	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Xanica	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Astata	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Garita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Guivini	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Borjas	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
Santa Catarina	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Chontecomatlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Santa María Ecatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Tierra Blanca	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Bajo de Arenal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Calzada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Santos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Tlacolulita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Chapahuana	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Olvido	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Ozolotepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
San Pedro Mixtepec Miahuatlán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Garrapateras	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Ouieri	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Tenango	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Copalita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
El Portillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Arroyo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
San Bartolo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Loma Larga	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
San Pedro el Alto	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Suchixtepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Majada Villalobos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Pochutla	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	13000 people	60 km
Guichina	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Concepción	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Magdalena Tequisistlan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3800 people	62 km
San Isidro	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
San Juan Lajarcia	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Quiechapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Caja de Agua	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Paxtlán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
San Cristobal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Lachiguirí	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Puerto Ángel	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Albino Zárate	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	69 km

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
Bahias de Huatulco International	HUX	143	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8800	39 km
Pochutla	PUH	unknown				0	62 km
Salina Cruz	SCX	23				0	85 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Angel		Mexico	69 km
Salina Cruz	MXSCX	Mexico	83 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Presidente Benito Juarez	Tehuantepec	1961	81 km

More information

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