Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 19 Jan 2018 16:48 UTC

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M 4.5 in Mexico on 19 Jan 2018 16:48 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:	4.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.5553 , -111.0667
Event Date:	19 Jan 2018 16:48 UTC 19 Jan 2018 09:48 Local
Exposed Population:	About 22000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000cl8x
Inserted at:	19 Jan 2018 18:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000cl8x	Scaled population (vector)	3.96
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-1
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1194813		0	19 Jan 2018 16:48	4.5M, 10km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		01:45	NEIC

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* 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 Baja California Sur (population 345,682) . The nearest places are San Juanico, San Bruno, Santa Rosalía, San Juan, Combedon, Sauz, San Ignacio, Loreto, and Cruces.

Radius	Population
100 km	23000 people
75 km	17000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Baja California Sur	Mexico	350000 people
Sonora	Mexico	2 million people
Sinaloa	Mexico	2.4 million people
Baja California	Mexico	1.8 million people
Chihuahua	Mexico	2.7 million people
Durango	Mexico	1.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Juanico	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
San Bruno	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Santa Rosalía	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
San Juan	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Combedon	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Sauz	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
San Ignacio	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Loreto	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	11000 people	65 km
Cruces	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Village	-	69 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
Loreto	LTO	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	69 km
Mulege	MUG	61				0	100 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Bahia Salinas	Mexico	63 km
Loreto	Mexico	65 km
Muleje	Mexico	100 km

More information

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