M 4.6 in Mexico on 15 Apr 2021 18:10 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1264894
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 40.32 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.8686 , -94.1175
Event Date: 15 Apr 2021 18:10 UTC
15 Apr 2021 12:10 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2021 20:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000e1wp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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The Institute of Geophysics of the National Polytechnic School in Quito (IGEPN) reported a magnitude 4.3 quake in Ecuador near Cayambe, Cantón Cayambe, Provincia de Pichincha, only 9 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Sunday
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Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - 27 Km Al SUROESTE De CINTALAPA, CHIS, Mexi ... Mon, 19 Apr 2021 01:36:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake near Cintalapa de Figueroa, Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, was reported 31 minutes ago by Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Mexico. T
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Mapa de los terremotos: el 30% de México bajo un alto riesgo sísmicoMon, 19 Apr 2021 00:32:00 +0200.

En las aguas del Pacífico mexicano, a unos 4.500 metros de profundidad, un grupo de investigadores de la UNAM y la Universidad de Kioto buscan cualquier indicio de movimiento de la brecha sísmica de Guerrero, un sitio de 110 kilómetros de l
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Irán, Japón y Jalisco registran sismos este domingoMon, 19 Apr 2021 00:14:00 +0200.

México.- Este domingo 18 de abril fueron registrado diferentes sismos en varias países del mundo como en Irán, Japón y en México en el estado de Jalisco, alertando a los habitantes de las regiones donde se percibió el movimiento telúrico. E
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),