Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 27 Apr 2016 12:51 UTC

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M 5.8 in Mexico on 27 Apr 2016 12:51 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:	5.8M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.5722 , -92.9671
Event Date:	27 Apr 2016 12:51 UTC 27 Apr 2016 06:51 Local
Exposed Population:	880000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	27 Apr 2016 13:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1126691		0.5	27 Apr 2016 12:51	5.8M, 35km	4.1	890 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	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 ,of Chiapas (population 677,066) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1126691	14.572/-92.967	5.8	35	4.1	17 Oct 2016 11:16	172d 22:25	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	680000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	97000 people
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	8700 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	11000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Puerto de San Benito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Buenos Aires	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Aquiles Serdan	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Mazatán	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5700 people	64 km
Francisco I. Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	71 km
El Arenal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	72 km
La Zacualpa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	74 km
Puerto Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9500 people	75 km
Lazaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	80 km
Huehuetán	Chiapas	Mexico	City	7000 people	81 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	82 km
Huixtla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	29000 people	83 km
Acapetagua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	84 km
Ocós	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	84 km
Pasito de la Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	84 km
Tapachula	Chiapas	Mexico	City	200000 people	85 km
Doña Maria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	86 km
Limones	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	86 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	88 km
Ciudad Hidalgo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	89 km
Metapa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	89 km
La Blanca	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	90 km
Escuintla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	8900 people	90 km
Tecun Uman	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	91 km
Flores Magón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	92 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	95 km
Margaritas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	106 km
Jericó	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	107 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Tapachula International	TAP	29	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	69 km
	Tapachula		110				0	80 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Puerto Madero	MXPMD	Mexico	61 km

More information

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