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M 7.5 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.3 m) in Mexico from 19 Sep 2022 18:05 UTC to 18:05

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	7.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.2 , -103.4
Event Date:	19 Sep 2022 18:05 UTC 19 Sep 2022 13:05 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NTWC at00rigy8l
Inserted at:	19 Sep 2022 18:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NTWC	0		1.1		1.1
at00rigy8l	Scaled population (raster)	2.92	Max wave alert	1.26m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	1.26m
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.92

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1462954		0	19 Sep 2022 18:05	7.5M, 10km	7.02	10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	1.3m (at 00:04)	00:06	NTWC
1462957		0.1	19 Sep 2022 18:05	7.6M, 15.134km	7.08	40 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Mexico ,of Michoacan (population 3,859,507) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	11000 people
	180000 people
	1.1 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Michoacan	Mexico	7500 people
Michoacan	Mexico	280000 people
Colima	Mexico	470000 people
Jalisco	Mexico	11000 people
Michoacan	Mexico	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pómaro	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	22 km
Ostula	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	34 km
La Cofradia de Ostula	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	39 km
Las Trojitas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	47 km
Hizote	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Aquila	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
Villa Victoria	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Barranca Seca	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Calla de Campos	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Coalcomán	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	City	10000 people	68 km
Tecomán	Colima	Mexico	City	75000 people	94 km
Las Pinas	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	98 km
Armería	Colima	Mexico	City	16000 people	100 km
Vallecito	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	101 km
Los Tepames	Colima	Mexico	Village	-	102 km
Cuyutlán	Colima	Mexico	Village	-	107 km
Los Habillos	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	108 km
Arteaga	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	9400 people	108 km
Jala	Colima	Mexico	Village	-	114 km
Tumbiscatio	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	114 km
Playa Azul	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	114 km
Coquimatlán	Colima	Mexico	Village	12000 people	119 km
Colima	Colima	Mexico	Major city	130000 people	121 km
Tepalcatepec	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	15000 people	125 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	61 km
Colima	CLQ	723	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	121 km
Lazaro Cardenas	LZC	12	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	127 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Trojes	Coahuayana	1994	85 km

More information

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