Rapid Impact

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:	6.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.48 , -102.83
Event Date:	22 Sep 2022 06:16 UTC 22 Sep 2022 01:16 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	GEOFON gfz2022sovf
Inserted at:	22 Sep 2022 06:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
GEOFON	0		0		0
gfz2022sovf	Scaled population (raster)	1.48	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0m
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1463401	0	22 Sep 2022 06:16	6.7M, 10km	6.75	431 (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:08	GEOFON
1463403	0.3	22 Sep 2022 06:16	7M, 61.3km	7.3	70 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:38)	00:14	PTWC
1463404	0.3	22 Sep 2022 06:16	7M, 61km	7.29	60 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:38)	00:17	NTWC
1463405	0	22 Sep 2022 06:16	6.8M, 20.707km	6.7	3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:00)	00:25	NEIC
1463408	0	22 Sep 2022 06:16	6.8M, 24.119km	6.7	4 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:00)	00:35	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
	<1000 people
	19000 people
	450000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Michoacan	Mexico	2400 people
Michoacan	Mexico	15000 people
Michoacan	Mexico	430000 people
Jalisco	Mexico	<1000 people
Guerrero	Mexico	8000 people
Colima	Mexico	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Barranca Seca	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	12 km
Hizote	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	20 km
Las Trojitas	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	37 km
Vallecito	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	40 km
Calla de Campos	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	44 km
Arteaga	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	9400 people	44 km
Coalcomán	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	City	10000 people	46 km
Tumbiscatio	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	48 km
Pómaro	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	51 km
San Mateo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	53 km
Espinazo del Diablo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
Las Pinas	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	62 km
La Cofradia de Ostula	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	63 km
Los Habillos	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Villa Victoria	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	64 km
Ostula	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
Capire	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	68 km
La Cofradía	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	74 km
Playa Azul	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	75 km
Pinzandaro	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	76 km
Z Moreno	Michoacan de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	-	76 km
Tepalcatepec	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	15000 people	79 km
Apatzingan	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	City	94000 people	84 km
Buenavista	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	Village	9000 people	84 km
El Mirador	Guerrero	Mexico	Village	-	88 km
Los Tepames	Colima	Mexico	Village	-	108 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
	Pablo L Sidar	AZG	315				0	82 km
	Lazaro Cardenas	LZC	12	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	83 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Jose M. Morelos	Balsas	1968	83 km

More information

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