M 7 in Mexico from 22 Sep 2022 06:16 UTC to 06:16

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: 7.0M
Depth: 61.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.411 , -102.9
Event Date: 22 Sep 2022 06:16 UTC
22 Sep 2022 01:16 Local
Exposed Population: 70 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: PTWC pt22265000
Inserted at: 22 Sep 2022 06:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
PTWC 0.3 0 0.3
pt22265000 Scaled population (raster) 3.76 Max wave alert 0.07m  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.07m  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.92      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1463401 0 22 Sep 2022 06:16 6.7M, 10km 6.75 431 (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:08 GEOFON
1463403 0.3 22 Sep 2022 06:16 7M, 61.3km 7.3 70 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:38) 00:14 PTWC
1463404 0.3 22 Sep 2022 06:16 7M, 61km 7.29 60 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:38) 00:17 NTWC
1463405 0 22 Sep 2022 06:16 6.8M, 20.707km 6.7 3 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:00) 00:25 NEIC
1463408 0 22 Sep 2022 06:16 6.8M, 24.119km 6.7 4 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:00) 00:35 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Mexico ,of Michoacan (population 3,859,507) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
68000 people
710000 people
1.9 million people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Michoacan Mexico 420000 people
Jalisco Mexico 1600 people
Guerrero Mexico 4700 people
Colima Mexico 9400 people
Michoacan Mexico 680000 people
Jalisco Mexico 100000 people
Guerrero Mexico 28000 people
Colima Mexico 550000 people
Michoacan Mexico 430000 people
Jalisco Mexico 230000 people
Guerrero Mexico 140000 people
Colima Mexico 190000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Lazaro Cardenas LZC 12 Civ. Paved No 4900 85 km
Coahuayana 61 0 87 km
Pablo L Sidar AZG 315 0 93 km
El Infiernillo 511 0 97 km
Colima CLQ 723 Civ. Paved Yes 7500 120 km
Tuxpan 1225 Mil. Paved No 6700 141 km
Uruapan UPN 1593 Civ. Paved Yes 7800 142 km
Ciudad Guzman 1520 0 157 km
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo International ZIH 6 Civ. Paved Yes 8200 177 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lazaro Cardenas MXLZC Mexico 95 km
Manzanillo MXZLO Mexico 167 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Trojes Coahuayana 1994 81 km
Jose M. Morelos Balsas 1968 86 km
Chilatan Tepalcatepec 1986 98 km
Inhernillo El Infiernillo Balsas 1963 108 km
Zicuiran Zicuiran 1957 117 km

More information

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