M 7.1 in Mexico from 19 Sep 2017 18:14 UTC to 18:14

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1121855
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.1M
Glide number: EQ-2017-000138-MEX
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.55 , -98.53
Event Date: 19 Sep 2017 18:14 UTC
19 Sep 2017 13:14 Local
Exposed Population: 8530000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Sep 2017 18:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
GEOFON 1.2 1.2
gfz2017skgl Scaled population (vector) 6.66  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.92  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico 9/23/2017 6:08:00 PM.

A rescue worker uses a jackhammer to break up concrete at the site of an office building felled by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake, in the search for people who are believed to be trapped inside at the corner of Alvaro Obregon and Yucatan street
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Earthquake strikes Oaxaca, Mexico 2 HRS A 6.1 magnitude earthquake sho.. 9/23/2017 6:07:00 PM.

Rafael S. Fabres/Getty Images Another quake has hit Mexico after a powerful earthquake struck Mexico City Tuesday. (CNN) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook central and southern Mexico on Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey said, r
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Sismo en México: Reportan cerca de 120 muertos 9/23/2017 6:07:00 PM.

Visto: 300. Internacional Cerca de 120 personas perdieron la vida en los estados de Morelos y de México por el terremoto de magnitud 7 en la escala de Richter que sacudió este martes con violencia el centro del país. Mientras tanto, en l
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Latest Mexico quake spreads alarm, rescue efforts suspended 9/23/2017 6:06:00 PM.

Mexico City: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook southern Mexico on Saturday and spread alarm in the capital, where rescuers temporarily suspended a search for survivors of a bigger tremor earlier this week out of fear of further building coll
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps:

22/Sep/2017 06:38 UTC

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),