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

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1284957
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)
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2021 02:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.48 m

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      
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Mexico - Earthquake (ECHO 08 Sep 2021)Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:56

  • An earthquake of 7.0 M (7.1 M as reported by the National Seismic Service of Mexico - SSN) at a depth of 20 km occurred in southern Guerrero State on 8 September at 01.47 UTC (20.47 local time). The epicentre was located in the area of Acapulco City.
  • A tsunami of 50 cm was recorded over the coast of Acapulco City. At least nine aftershocks with magnitude up to 5.2 M have been recorded in the area by the SSN.
  • Up to 985,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 274,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to media reports, one person died across Coyuca de Benitez Municipality (north of Acapulco), several buildings have been damaged and a number of power outages occurred. The Civil Protection of Guerrero State reports evacuated people in Chilpancingo City (Guerrero State). The earthquake was felt also in the area of Mexico City.

 

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),