M 5.9 in Mexico from 20 Sep 2022 08:17 UTC to 08:17

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: 5.9M
Depth: 54.48 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.472 , -103.5273
Event Date: 20 Sep 2022 08:17 UTC
20 Sep 2022 03:17 Local
Exposed Population: About 49000 people in MMI
1 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000i9hm
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2022 08:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000i9hm Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  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
1463071 0 20 Sep 2022 08:17 5.9M, 54.48km 5.59 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:23 NEIC
1463131 0 20 Sep 2022 08:17 5.8M, 56.647km 5.34 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 07:32 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
1200 people
110000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Michoacan Mexico 32000 people
Colima Mexico 9500 people
Michoacan Mexico 8700 people
Colima Mexico 33000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ostula Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 6 km
La Cofradia de Ostula Michoacan de Ocampo Mexico Village - 14 km
Aquila Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 20 km
Pómaro Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 26 km
Villa Victoria Michoacán de Ocampo Mexico Village - 37 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 28 km

More information

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