Overall Green Earthquake alert in Near Coast Of Guerrero, Mexico on 23 Jul 2014 00:28 UTC

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M 5 in Near Coast Of Guerrero, Mexico on 23 Jul 2014 00:28 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

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:	5.0M
Depth:	36.05 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.91 , -100.2
Event Date:	23 Jul 2014 00:28 UTC 22 Jul 2014 19:28 Local
Exposed Population:	1191371 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	23 Jul 2014 01:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1055886		0	23 Jul 2014 00:28	5M, 36.05km	N/A	1.2 million (in 100km)		00:34	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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Mexico , State of Guerrero (population 2,867,451) . The nearest places are El Papayo, Coyuca de Benítez, Bajos del Ejido, Cacalutla, Tixtlacingo, San Francisco, Acapulco, Tepetixtla, San Jerónimo, Atoyac, and Jaleaca.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.2 million people
75 km	1 million people
50 km	920000 people
20 km	39000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Papayo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	13 km
Coyuca de Benítez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Bajos del Ejido	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Cacalutla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Tixtlacingo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
San Francisco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Acapulco	Guerrero	Mexico	Major city	640000 people	34 km
Tepetixtla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
San Jerónimo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	7000 people	35 km
Atoyac	Guerrero	Mexico	City	20000 people	39 km
El Treinta	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
San Vincente de Benitez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
El Marqués	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Jaltianguis	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Aguacatillo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Ejido Nuevo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Tecpan	Guerrero	Mexico	City	14000 people	55 km
Molino	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Ceutla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Dos Arroyos	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Cuatepin	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Solapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Cohatan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Carrizal	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Nuxco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
El Limón	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	70 km
Jaleaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Pie de la Cuesta		6				0	25 km
Alvarez International	ACA	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10800	53 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Acapulco	MXACA	Mexico	35 km
Puerto Marques		Mexico	40 km

More information

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