Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Mexico on 08 Sep 2021 01:47 UTC

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M 7 in Mexico on 08 Sep 2021 01:47 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.0M
Glide number:	EQ-2021-000137-MEX
Depth:	20 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.994 , -99.7829
Event Date:	08 Sep 2021 01:47 UTC 07 Sep 2021 20:47 Local
Exposed Population:	250000 people in MMI 970 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000f93v
Inserted at:	08 Sep 2021 02:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.1		0.4		1.1
us7000f93v	Scaled population (raster)	5.36	Max wave alert	0.16m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.48m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1395824	0.9	08 Sep 2021 01:47	7.4M, 50km	N/A	2.1 million (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:25)	00:14	NTWC
1395827	0.7	08 Sep 2021 01:47	7M, 12.62km	6.89	690 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:34)	00:27	NEIC
1395833	1.1	08 Sep 2021 01:47	7M, 20km	7.74	970 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.5m (at 00:32)	00:48	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 Ejido Nuevo, El Treinta, Jaltianguis, Dos Arroyos, Aguacatillo, Solapa, Bajos del Ejido, Tixtlacingo, Acapulco, El Marqués, and Los Morros.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.9 million people
75 km	1.5 million people
50 km	1 million people
20 km	650000 people
10 km	67000 people
5 km	8000 people
2 km	4000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ejido Nuevo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	7 km
El Treinta	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	8 km
Jaltianguis	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	8 km
Dos Arroyos	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
Aguacatillo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Solapa	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Bajos del Ejido	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Tixtlacingo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Acapulco	Guerrero	Mexico	Major city	640000 people	22 km
El Marqués	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	23 km
Agua del Perro	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
El Limón	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	26 km
Carrizal	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	30 km
Coyuca de Benítez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	31 km
Ceutla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Tierra Colorada	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	10000 people	33 km
Las Mesas	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	35 km
Agua Zarca de la Peña	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Inscuinatoyac	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Tepetixtla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	42 km
Bejuco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	46 km
San Marcos	Guerrero	Mexico	City	12000 people	48 km
Jaleaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
El Papayo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Cuatepin	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
San Vicente	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Colotepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
San Francisco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Acahuizotla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Nacaxtlán	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Cortijo	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Coaxtlahuacan	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Cacalutla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
San Vincente de Benitez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Amofiloco	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Petaquilla	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Caridad	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
Xicuiltepec	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
Mauricio Gutiérrez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Chilpancingo	Guerrero	Mexico	Major city	160000 people	68 km
Salto de Valadez	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Tolixtlahuaca	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Corral de Piedra	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	69 km
Los Morros	Guerrero	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
Pie de la Cuesta		6				0	23 km
Alvarez International	ACA	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10800	28 km
Chilpancingo		1280	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	69 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Acapulco	MXACA	Mexico	22 km
Puerto Marques		Mexico	23 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	El Guineo	Nexpa	1985	69 km

More information

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