Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Mexico on 08 Sep 2017 04:49 UTC

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M 8.1 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.7 m) in Mexico on 08 Sep 2017 04:49 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1120837
Earthquake Magnitude:	8.1M
Glide number:	EQ-2017-000128-MEX
Depth:	69.65 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.0678 , -93.715
Event Date:	08 Sep 2017 04:49 UTC 07 Sep 2017 22:49 Local
Exposed Population:	110000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	08 Sep 2017 05:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.4 (Mexico)
Maximum Wave Height observed:	1.75 m

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		1.3		1.3
us2000ahv0	Scaled population (vector)	5.63	Max wave scenario	1.23m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	1.66m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

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Latest media headlines

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México, 11 sep (EFE).- El secretario mexicano de Salud, José Narro, visitó hoy los municipios de Ixtepec y Juchitán, estado de Oaxaca, diezmados por el terremoto del pasado 7 de septiembre, donde supervisó personalmente la atención médica y

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12/Sep/2017 06:45 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),

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