Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 01 Jan 2023 19:37 UTC

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M 4.6 in Mexico on 01 Jan 2023 19:37 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:	4.6M
Depth:	205.494 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.7602 , -92.0877
Event Date:	01 Jan 2023 19:37 UTC 01 Jan 2023 13:37 Local
Exposed Population:	2.5 million in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us7000j1gs
Inserted at:	01 Jan 2023 21:41 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 (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000j1gs	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1481595		0	01 Jan 2023 19:37	4.6M, 205.494km	2.82	2.5 million (in 100km)		02:03	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 151,876) . The nearest places are San Caralampio, Guadalupe, Paso Hondo, Cushu, Candelaria, Benito Juarez, Sinaloa, Potrerillo, La Mesía, Pacayalito, and El Salitre.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.9 million people
75 km	1.9 million people
50 km	740000 people
20 km	150000 people
10 km	14000 people
5 km	1400 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	150000 people
Huehuetenango	Guatemala	55000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Caralampio	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	10 km
Guadalupe	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5100 people	10 km
Paso Hondo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	11 km
Cushu	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	12 km
Candelaria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	13 km
Benito Juarez	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	13 km
Sinaloa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	15 km
Potrerillo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	16 km
La Mesía	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	18 km
Pacayalito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Lázaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Chicomucelo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Agua Zarca	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	22 km
San Remigio	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
Cristóbal Colón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Bella Vista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Altamira	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
Piedra Labrada	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
La Laguna	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	25 km
La Demacracia	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	28 km
El Paraíso	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	28 km
Camojá Grande	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	28 km
Boquerón	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	30 km
Felipe Angeles	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Ahihuahua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Aguacatal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Bujxub	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	33 km
Siltepec	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
El Retiro	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Navarra	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Cajuíl	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	36 km
Nentón	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	36 km
El Trapichillo	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	36 km
El Rodeo	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	36 km
Huixoc	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	37 km
Delicias	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	38 km
El Chilcal	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	38 km
La Unión	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	38 km
La Trinitaria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	6600 people	40 km
San Marcos Huista	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	40 km
El Limon	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Pamal	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	42 km
San Jose del Arco	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
El Jute	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	42 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Agua Sembrada	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	43 km
Toajlaj	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	44 km
Chichimes	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	44 km
Juncaná	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Chejoj	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	45 km
Honduras	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
San Antonio	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	46 km
Nuevo México	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Seontaltic	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
Motozintla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	19000 people	46 km
Yalanculuz	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	47 km
Subajasum	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	47 km
Río Ocho	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	48 km
Concepción	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	48 km
Granadillo	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
Llano Grande	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Chisté	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	50 km
El Rosario	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Las Majadas	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	50 km
Chanjulé	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	51 km
Quistaj	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Yamoj	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	51 km
Capac	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	51 km
Casaca	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	52 km
Cuchumatan	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	52 km
San Miguel Acatán	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	53 km
Socoltenango	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	4800 people	53 km
Comitan	Chiapas	Mexico	City	79000 people	54 km
San Sebastián Coatán	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
Jusnajal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Ixpaltzaj	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	57 km
Ixcamiche	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	57 km
Tacaná	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	58 km
Ixpajau	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	58 km
San Rafael	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
San Antonio Miramar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Berriozabal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Pajabal	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Los Vados	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Achuté	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Todos Santos	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Cheché	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
La Candelaria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
San José Ixjoyón	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
Candelaria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Consuelo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
San Rafael	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
Libertad el Pajal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Yalambojoch	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
Yaltoyas	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
Palenque	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Las Margaritas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	16000 people	62 km
Cunlaj	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	62 km
Concepción Tutuapa	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	1200 people	63 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)	Distance
San Antonio Copalar		1520	45 km
Huehuetenango	HUG	unknown	82 km
Tapachula		110	100 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	El Portillo	Cuxtepeques	1980	91 km

More information

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