Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 13 May 2010 08:24 UTC

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M 4.3 in Mexico on 13 May 2010 08:24 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:	4.3M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	16.8461 , -94.5056
Event Date:	13 May 2010 08:24 UTC 13 May 2010 03:24 Local
Exposed Population:	690000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2010wfay
Inserted at:	13 May 2010 08:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
us2010wfay	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
86500		0.5	13 May 2010 08:24	4.3M, 95.1km	N/A	690 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	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) . The nearest places are Chimalapa, Cacaotal, Escuilapa, Los Icacos, San Miguel Chimalapa, Majada Coyote, Soledad, Niltepec, El Modelo, Chico Zapote, and Doña Mariana.

Radius	Population
100 km	790000 people
75 km	420000 people
50 km	73000 people
20 km	1100 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Cacaotal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Escuilapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Los Icacos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
San Miguel Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Majada Coyote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Soledad	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Niltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3200 people	35 km
El Modelo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Chico Zapote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
Cordoncillo	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Agua Escondida	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Cocú	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Chahuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Carnicería	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Zanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	6900 people	46 km
Charnehuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Hacienda del Corte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Conchita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Sitio Viejo	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Agua Fría	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Matías Romero	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	20000 people	54 km
Unión Hidalgo	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	12000 people	54 km
Mogone	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Chicapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Ixhuatán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	5500 people	58 km
Agua Caliente	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Boca del Monte	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Almoloya	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Descargadero de Puebla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Cabestrada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Guichicovi	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4300 people	62 km
La Majada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Tapanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	7100 people	63 km
Agotepe	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
San Dionisio del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3300 people	64 km
La Providencia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Santo Domingo Petapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Palo Grande	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Asunción	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Ixaltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Doña Mariana	Veracruz	Mexico	Village	-	69 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
Ixtepec	IZT	unknown				0	70 km
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	75 km

More information

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