Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 02 Mar 2023 04:40 UTC

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M 5.7 in Mexico on 02 Mar 2023 04:40 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.7M
Depth:	99.89 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.3221 , -94.2691
Event Date:	02 Mar 2023 04:40 UTC 01 Mar 2023 22:40 Local
Exposed Population:	840 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000jgr1
Inserted at:	03 Mar 2023 03:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000jgr1	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1493034		0	02 Mar 2023 04:40	5.7M, 87.729km	4.32	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:17	NEIC
1493209		0	02 Mar 2023 04:40	5.7M, 99.89km	4.3	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		22:31	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 Oaxaca (population 47,225) . The nearest places are Tapanatepec, Chahuites, Cabestrada, San Francisco, Huajapan, Xocotepec, Zanatepec, Guadalupe, Ixhuatán, Reforma, and Madre Mía.

Radius	Population
100 km	650000 people
75 km	330000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	34000 people
10 km	22000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oaxaca	Mexico	47000 people
Chiapas	Mexico	<1000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tapanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	7100 people	8 km
Chahuites	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	9700 people	9 km
Cabestrada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	10 km
San Francisco	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Huajapan	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Xocotepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	18 km
Zanatepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	6900 people	19 km
Guadalupe	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Ixhuatán	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	5500 people	21 km
Reforma	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
El Roble	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	25 km
Cocú	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Chico Zapote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Dolores	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
La Punta	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
Descargadero de Puebla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	29 km
La Majada	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Emiliano Zapata	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Horizonte	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	36 km
Majada Coyote	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Cachimba	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	38 km
San Francisco del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	4000 people	40 km
Conchita	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Llano Grande	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
La Providencia	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Arriaga	Chiapas	Mexico	City	22000 people	43 km
Los Icacos	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	43 km
Niltepec	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3200 people	44 km
Villa del Mar	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	49 km
Las Cruces	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
Charnehuite	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	50 km
San Dionisio del Mar	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	3300 people	51 km
San Rafael	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Soledad	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	52 km
Paredón Viejo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Cacaotal	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Pesquería	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	56 km
Chicapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Los Álamos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
San Clemente	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
El Carmen	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	61 km
Tonalá	Chiapas	Mexico	City	32000 people	61 km
Unión Hidalgo	Oaxaca	Mexico	City	12000 people	62 km
Arista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	65 km
San Miguel Chimalapa	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
La Nuava	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Agua Escondida	Oaxaca	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Madre Mía	Chiapas	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
Ixtepec Military		50	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	89 km
Ixtepec	IZT	unknown				0	93 km

More information

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