Overall Green Earthquake alert in Near Coast Of Chiapas, Mexico from 26 Sep 2013 06:46 UTC to 06:46

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M 6.1 in Near Coast Of Chiapas, Mexico from 26 Sep 2013 06:46 UTC to 06:46

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:	6.1M
Depth:	30 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.55 , -93.29
Event Date:	26 Sep 2013 06:46 UTC 26 Sep 2013 00:46 Local
Exposed Population:	About 66456 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=335984
Inserted at:	26 Sep 2013 07:04 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0		0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=335984	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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1012803	26 Sep 2013 06:46	5.6M, 10km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)	00:09	GEOFON
1012806	26 Sep 2013 06:46	6.1M, 30km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	00:18	EMSC
1012807	26 Sep 2013 06:46	6.1M, 10km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	00:21	EMSC
1012810	26 Sep 2013 06:46	6.1M, 30km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	00:24	EMSC
1012813	26 Sep 2013 06:46	5.7M, 20km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	00:48	EMSC
1012818	26 Sep 2013 06:46	5.7M, 20km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)	01:33	EMSC
1012821	26 Sep 2013 06:46	5.7M, 10km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)	01:54	EMSC
1013954	26 Sep 2013 06:46	6.1M, 10.44km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)	5d 06:12	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 Chiapas (population 3,524,501) .

Radius	Population
100 km	12000 people
75 km	no people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	Mexico	Chiapas	3.5 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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