M 4.8 in Oaxaca, Mexico on 22 Jun 2021 14:55 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 1274194
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 54.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.662 , -97.2915
Event Date: 22 Jun 2021 14:55 UTC
22 Jun 2021 09:55 Local
Exposed Population:
1970000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Jun 2021 15:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ef7u Scaled population (vector) 6.03  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Mexico: Magnitude-4.8 earthquake occurs occurs in Oaxaca State, June 2 ... Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:33:00 +0200.

Event. A magnitude-4.8 earthquake occurred in the state of Oaxaca, southern Mexico, at around 09:55 June 22. The epicenter was about 74 km (46 miles) southwest of the city of Oaxaca. The tremor occurred at a depth of approximately 55 km (34
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Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake 46 km southwest of Pinotepa Nacional ... Mon, 21 Jun 2021 03:35:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake near Pinotepa Nacional, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, was reported only 15 minutes ago by Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic acti
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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - Mexico: 46 Km Al SUROESTE De PINOTEPA N ... Mon, 21 Jun 2021 03:35:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake near Pinotepa Nacional, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, was reported only 15 minutes ago by Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic acti
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Terremoto en México suma 150 réplicasWed, 16 Jun 2021 16:28:00 +0200.

Un potente terremoto de magnitud 7,2 seguido hasta ahora por 150 réplicas, sacudió el centro y el sur de México sin daños mayores ni víctimas, mientras una población presa del pánico inundó las calles prevenida por la alerta sísmica. Advert
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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),