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

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.8 0.8
us7000i9bw Scaled population (raster) 3.39 Max wave alert 0.87m  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.87m  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*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
35000 people
520000 people
1.6 million people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Michoacan Mexico 2500 people
Michoacan Mexico 78000 people
Colima Mexico 13000 people
Jalisco Mexico <1000 people
Michoacan Mexico 500000 people
Colima Mexico 640000 people
Jalisco Mexico 99000 people
Guerrero Mexico 12000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pómaro Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 5 km
La Cofradia de Ostula Michoacan de Ocampo Mexico Village - 27 km
Ostula Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 28 km
Hizote Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 34 km
Las Trojitas 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
Calla de Campos Michoacan de Ocampo Mexico Village - 60 km
Vallecito Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 83 km
Los Habillos Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 84 km
Las Pinas Michoacan de Ocampo Mexico Village - 89 km
Arteaga Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village 9400 people 89 km
Tecomán Colima Mexico City 75000 people 89 km
Los Tepames Colima Mexico Village - 90 km
Tumbiscatio Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 94 km
San Mateo Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 96 km
Armería Colima Mexico City 16000 people 97 km
Tepalcatepec Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village 15000 people 101 km
Espinazo del Diablo Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 102 km
Playa Azul Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 105 km
Jala Colima Mexico Village - 106 km
Cuyutlán Colima Mexico Village - 106 km
Capire Michoacan de Ocampo Mexico Village - 108 km
Colima Colima Mexico Major city 130000 people 110 km
Coquimatlán Colima Mexico Village 12000 people 110 km
Pinzandaro Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 111 km
Cuauhtémoc Colima Mexico Village 8300 people 112 km
Z Moreno Michoacan de Ocampo Mexico Village - 113 km
Tecalitlan Jalisco Mexico Village - 113 km
Buenavista Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village 9000 people 116 km
La Cofradía Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 118 km
Comala Colima Mexico Village 9100 people 119 km
Tonila Jalisco Mexico Village 3300 people 120 km
Siguanso Jalisco Mexico Village - 121 km
Tecalitlán Jalisco Mexico City 13000 people 122 km
El Mirador Guerrero Mexico Village - 122 km
San Marcos Jalisco Mexico Village - 122 km
Melchor Ocampo Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 122 km
Apatzingan Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico City 94000 people 124 km
El Platanar Jalisco Mexico Village - 125 km
El Colomo Colima Mexico Village 11000 people 129 km
Tuxpan Jalisco Mexico Village 25000 people 132 km
Hualumba Michoacan de Ocampo Mexico Village - 134 km
Petacala Jalisco Mexico Village - 137 km
El Limon Guerrero Mexico Village - 138 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Coahuayana 61 0 57 km
Colima CLQ 723 Civ. Paved Yes 7500 106 km
Lazaro Cardenas LZC 12 Civ. Paved No 4900 116 km
Pablo L Sidar AZG 315 0 121 km
Tuxpan 1225 Mil. Paved No 6700 137 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lazaro Cardenas MXLZC Mexico 126 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Trojes Coahuayana 1994 68 km
Chilatan Tepalcatepec 1986 114 km
Jose M. Morelos Balsas 1968 118 km

More information

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