M 6.2 in Mexico on 22 Nov 2022 16:39 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: 6.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.7873 , -116.3913
Event Date: 22 Nov 2022 16:39 UTC
22 Nov 2022 08:39 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000irjd
Inserted at: 22 Nov 2022 16:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000irjd Scaled population (raster) 0.48 Max wave alert 0.06m  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.06m  
  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
1474640 0 22 Nov 2022 16:39 6.2M, 19km 6.53 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:05 NTWC
1474646 0 22 Nov 2022 16:39 6.2M, 10km 6.39 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:15) 00:19 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 Baja California (population 1,806,829) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
19000 people
56000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Baja California Mexico <1000 people
Baja California Mexico 99000 people
Baja California Mexico 12000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Colonia Camalú Baja California Mexico Village - 32 km
Colnett Baja California Mexico Village - 37 km
Molino Viejo Baja California Mexico Village - 55 km
Misión de Santo Domingo Baja California Mexico Village - 44 km
Santa Marie Baja California Mexico Village - 64 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
San Quintin SNQ unknown 0 49 km

More information

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