M 6.1 in Mexico on 22 May 2020 08:46 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1219179
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.4028 , -108.1636
Event Date: 22 May 2020 08:46 UTC
22 May 2020 01:46 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 May 2020 08:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70009n5p Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Registró Baja California Sur fuerte sismo de 6.1 5/22/2020 7:11:00 PM.

El Servicio Sismológico Nacional (SSN) informó que el sismo ocurrió a las 3:46 horas (hora del centro de México) de este 22 de mayo, con epicentro en el océano pacífico Reporte especial sobre el sismo de M 6.1 ocurrido hoy 22 de mayo de 202
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6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes in ocean west of Mexico 5/22/2020 4:15:00 PM.

MEXICO CITY The U.S. Geological Survey says a relatively strong earthquake has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, hit at 3:46 a.m. local time Friday at a shallow depth of 10 ki
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9:35 Mexico reports 6.1 magnitude earthquake in southern Baja Californ.. 5/22/2020 3:57:00 PM.

Mexico reports 6.1 magnitude earthquake in southern Baja California Mexico reports 6.1 magnitude earthquake in southern Baja California Mexico reports 6.1 magnitude earthquake in southern Baja California. Mexico, May 22 (Prensa Latina) A
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Magnitude-6.1 earthquake hits in ocean west of Mexico 5/22/2020 1:49:00 PM.

The US Geological Survey says a relatively strong earthquake has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, hit at 3:46 a.m. local time Friday at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 mi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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),