5.7 EQ - Oaxaca, Mexico - 83K get strong shaking & moderate damage to vulnerable bldgs

[AlaskaDenise]

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 5.7

Date-Time Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 00:47:42 UTC

Monday, February 08, 2010 at 06:47:42 PM at epicenter

Location 16.145?N, 96.525?W

Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program

Region OAXACA, MEXICO

Distances 22 km (14 miles) SSE (159?) from Miahuatl?n, Oaxaca, Mexico
47 km (29 miles) N (353?) from Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
53 km (33 miles) N (1?) from Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico
103 km (64 miles) SSE (168?) from Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
370 km (230 miles) ESE (102?) from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010smac.html

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: 5.7 EQ - Oaxaca, Mexico - 83K get strong shaking & moderate damage to vulnerable bldgs

population exposure data:



http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/events/us/2010smac/index.html

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