Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 04 Jul 2008 02:15 UTC

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M 4 in Mexico on 04 Jul 2008 02:15 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:	4.0M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	17.6167 , -100.337
Event Date:	04 Jul 2008 02:15 UTC 03 Jul 2008 21:15 Local
Exposed Population:	1540000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2008ubaf
Inserted at:	04 Jul 2008 03:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
us2008ubaf	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
42161		0.5	04 Jul 2008 02:15	4M, 35km	N/A	1.5 million (in 100km)		00:49	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 Las Juntas, El Varal, La Soledad, Molino, Iguala, Campo Morado, Conejo, Coronilla, Cuatro Cruces, San Vincente de Benitez, and Acapulco.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.8 million people
75 km	380000 people
50 km	98000 people
20 km	5700 people
10 km	1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Las Juntas	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
El Varal	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
La Soledad	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
Molino	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Iguala	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Campo Morado	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Conejo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Coronilla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Cuatro Cruces	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
San Vincente de Benitez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Ixtayotla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Cohatan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Tepantitlán	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
El Papayo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Coyotes	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Puerto del Encinal	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Sánchez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Molinito	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Corral de Piedra	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Tlacotepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	6500 people	43 km
Cuatepin	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
San Francisco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Atoyac	Guerrero	Mexico	City	20000 people	47 km
Tetla del Rio	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Reforma	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Arroyo Hondo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Baja de Balsamar	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Tepetixtla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Jaleaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Pezuapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Tecpan	Guerrero	Mexico	City	14000 people	54 km
Tlacomulco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
San Jerónimo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	7000 people	55 km
Cacalutla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Acatlán	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Dolores	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	58 km
Cuajilotes	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
Ajuchitlan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	6100 people	61 km
Ceutla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Los Morros	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Nuxco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
San Vicente	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
El Papayo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Amacuahuila	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Los Placeres	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	70 km
Chilpancingo	Guerrero	Mexico	Major city	160000 people	89 km
Acapulco	Guerrero	Mexico	Major city	640000 people	97 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Santa Barbara	299				0	85 km
Pie de la Cuesta	6				0	87 km
Chilpancingo	1280	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	87 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Acapulco	MXACA	Mexico	98 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Carlos Ramirez Ulloa	Balsas	1986	53 km
Andres Figueroa	Ajuchitlan	1983	54 km
Vicente Guerrero	Poliutla	1968	86 km

More information

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