M 5.5 in Gulf Of California on 02 Oct 2022 19:00 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.4308 , -108.904
Event Date: 02 Oct 2022 19:00 UTC
02 Oct 2022 12:00 Local
Exposed Population: 140 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us6000iq9e
Inserted at: 02 Oct 2022 19:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000iq9e Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1465544 0 02 Oct 2022 19:00 5.5M, 10km 4.16 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:52 NEIC
1465545 0 02 Oct 2022 19:00 5.6M, 10km 4.25 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:57 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km 160000 people
75 km 3800 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Los Frailes Baja California Sur Mexico Village - 55 km
Los Tesos Baja California Sur Mexico Village - 56 km
El Cardoncito Baja California Sur Mexico Village - 60 km
Punta Arena Baja California Sur Mexico Village - 61 km
Punta Colorada Baja California Sur Mexico Village - 66 km
El Saucito Baja California Sur Mexico Village - 66 km
La Fortuna Baja California Sur Mexico Village - 69 km

see full list

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
Punta Colorada PCO unknown 0 63 km
Los Cabos International SJD 109 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 89 km
Punta Pescadero 7 0 93 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Buenavista Mexico 82 km
San Hose Del Cabo Mexico 90 km

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.