Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 06 Feb 2004 19:11 UTC

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M 4.8 in Mexico on 06 Feb 2004 19:11 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:	4.8M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	18.51 , -102.45
Event Date:	06 Feb 2004 19:11 UTC 06 Feb 2004 13:11 Local
Exposed Population:	710000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2004 22:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
5835		0.5	06 Feb 2004 19:11	4.8M, 100.8km	N/A	710 thousand (in 100km)		03:29	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 Michoacan (population 3,859,507) . The nearest places are Arteaga, Tumbiscatio, Vallecito, Carrizalejo, Las Ollas, Cuchara, Paradeo, El Muleto, Guaralle, Chapala, and Ocorla.

Radius	Population
100 km	700000 people
75 km	520000 people
50 km	46000 people
20 km	3900 people
10 km	1800 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Michoacan	Mexico	3.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Arteaga	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	9400 people	7 km
Tumbiscatio	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	8 km
Vallecito	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
Carrizalejo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	15 km
Las Ollas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Cuchara	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	19 km
Paradeo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
El Muleto	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Guaralle	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Chapala	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Angostura	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
El Guaricho	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Espinazo del Diablo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	33 km
La Palmera	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Buenavista	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
San Mateo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Aguililla	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	9300 people	39 km
Cañas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Ahuindo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Encinal	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Buenavista	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Barranca Seca	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
La Cofradía	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Capiro	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Infiernillo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
La Bolsa	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Hacienda Nueva	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Chula	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
La Goleta	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Balsas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Capire	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Las Pinas	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Hizote	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Aguacate	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Las Juntas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Las Naranjas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Calla de Campos	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
La Nopalera Poniente	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	57 km
Playa Azul	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
El Limoncito	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Antúnez	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	8400 people	62 km
Garita	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
El Mirador	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Apatzingan	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	City	94000 people	64 km
Campana	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
La Ferrería	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Z Moreno	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
La Parota	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Las Trojitas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Las Balsas	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Pinzandaro	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Cueramo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
El Limon	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Ocorla	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	70 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
El Infiernillo		511				0	52 km
Lazaro Cardenas	LZC	12	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	61 km
Pablo L Sidar	AZG	315				0	65 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Lazaro Cardenas	MXLZC	Mexico	73 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Jose M. Morelos	Balsas	1968	58 km
Inhernillo	El Infiernillo	Balsas	1963	65 km
	Zicuiran	Zicuiran	1957	71 km
	Chilatan	Tepalcatepec	1986	93 km

More information

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