M 5.6 in Mexico on 18 Apr 2024 15:12 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 1424707
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.2173 , -110.5083
Event Date: 18 Apr 2024 15:12 UTC
18 Apr 2024 08:12 Local
Exposed Population: 160 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 18 Apr 2024 15:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mcxe Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

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Mexico, Apr. 22 (BNA): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean last night.
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Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - Mexico: 22 km al OESTE de PINOTEPA NACI ... 2024-04-22T01:46+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Santiago Pinotepa Nacional , a town with 30,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 21 km (13 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking th
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),