Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 19 Sep 2022 18:05 UTC

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M 7.6 in Mexico on 19 Sep 2022 18:05 UTC

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:	7.6M
Depth:	15.134 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.3667 , -103.2524
Event Date:	19 Sep 2022 18:05 UTC 19 Sep 2022 13:05 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VIII 70 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000i9bw
Inserted at:	19 Sep 2022 18:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.4		0.8		0.8
us7000i9bw	Scaled population (raster)	3.86	Max wave alert	0.87m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.87m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1462954		1.1	19 Sep 2022 18:05	7.5M, 10km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)	1.3m (at 00:04)	00:06	NTWC
1462957		0.8	19 Sep 2022 18:05	7.6M, 15.134km	7.53	70 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.9m (at 00:22)	00:22	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 Michoacan (population 11,554) . The nearest places are Pómaro, Cienega, Maruata, Boca de Cachán, La Parota, Bucerías, La Cofradia de Ostula, Ostula, Ocorla, Hizote, and Callejones.

Radius	Population
100 km	290000 people
75 km	100000 people
50 km	46000 people
20 km	11000 people
10 km	3200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Michoacan	Mexico	12000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pómaro	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	5 km
Cienega	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	13 km
Maruata	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	14 km
Boca de Cachán	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	21 km
La Parota	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
Bucerías	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	24 km
La Cofradia de Ostula	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	27 km
Ostula	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	28 km
Ocorla	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	32 km
Hizote	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Huitzontla	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
Las Trojitas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
San Telmo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
El Sauz	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Aquila	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	41 km
Barranca Seca	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Villa Victoria	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	45 km
Coalcomán	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	City	10000 people	46 km
Aguacate	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Las Naranjas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Cayaca	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Cobre	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	54 km
Ahuindo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	55 km
Cuchilla	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	59 km
Calla de Campos	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	60 km
El Cerrito	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Apisa	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Las Rosas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Chapala	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	66 km
La Mina	Jalisco	Mexico	Village	-	67 km
Aguililla	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	9300 people	68 km
Callejones	Colima	Mexico	Village	-	70 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
Coahuayana		61				0	57 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Trojes	Coahuayana	1994	68 km

More information

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