M 4.6 in Mexico on 26 Mar 2013 13:36 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: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.4814 , -98.026
Event Date: 26 Mar 2013 13:36 UTC
26 Mar 2013 07:36 Local
Exposed Population:
860000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2013nfas
Inserted at: 26 Mar 2013 16:56 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2013nfas 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
123450 0.5 26 Mar 2013 13:36 4.6M, 10km N/A 860 thousand (in 100km) 03:20 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 Oaxaca (population 3,329,574) .

Radius Population
100 km 870000 people
75 km 560000 people
50 km 330000 people
20 km 120000 people
10 km 26000 people
5 km 8000 people
2 km 1400 people

Affected Provinces

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

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
Pinotepa Nacional PNO unknown 15 km
Ta lo de Soto 149 37 km

More information

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