Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico from 29 Nov 2021 20:00 UTC to 20:00

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M 4.6 in Mexico from 29 Nov 2021 20:00 UTC to 20:00

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:	30.0542 , -113.7832
Event Date:	29 Nov 2021 20:00 UTC 29 Nov 2021 12:00 Local
Exposed Population:	7 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000g7q0
Inserted at:	29 Nov 2021 20:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000g7q0	Scaled population (vector)	2.96
	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
1412721		0	29 Nov 2021 20:00	4.6M, 10km	N/A	7 thousand (in 100km)		00:30	NEIC
1413617		0	29 Nov 2021 20:00	4.6M, 10km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)		4d 02:15	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 Baja California (population 1,806,829) . The nearest places are Molino Lacy, Asamblea, and Molino.

Radius	Population
100 km	7400 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Baja California	Mexico	1.8 million people
Sonora	Mexico	2 million people
Arizona	United States	3.8 million people
Baja California Sur	Mexico	350000 people
California	United States	31 million people
New Mexico	United States	1.6 million people
Chihuahua	Mexico	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Molino Lacy	Baja California	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Asamblea	Baja California	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Molino	Baja California	Mexico	Village	-	67 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
Rancho Santa Ynes		671				0	96 km
Rancho Santa Ynez		610				0	99 km

More information

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