Strong Earquake Strikes Oaxaca In Mexico

On 2/12/2008 12:50:02 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 has struck the highly populated region of Oaxaca, Mexico in Mexico.

Whether international humanitarian aid is needed must be decided by an expert. However, the following automatically calculated elements can help. This earthquake has potentially a low humanitarian impact and the affected region has low vulnerability to natural disasters.

Event Date Univ. Time: Tue, 2/12/2008 12:50 UTC
European Time of the event: Tue, 2/12/2008 13:50 CET (Brussels, Paris, Rome)
East America Time of the event: Tue, 2/12/2008 07:50 EST (New York, Washington)
West America Time of the event: Tue, 2/12/2008 04:50 PST (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
East Asia Time of the event: Tue, 2/12/2008 21:50 JTI (Tokyo)

This email report was automatically created or updated by a computer on: 2/12/2008 1:41:26 PM UTC (51 minutes after the event)

Characteristics
Magnitude: 6.5 M
Depth: 121 km

Location
Location (Lat/Long): 16.56 | -94.18
Country: Mexico
Province: Oaxaca (population: 3329574)
Region: Oaxaca, Mexico

Time
UTC/GMT (Greenwich time): 2/12/2008 12:50:02 PM
Local time: 2/12/2008 6:33:19 AM

Potentially affected people by the earthquake

The population in the area of this earthquake if 17 people/km².

The earthquake occurred at 6h local time. At this time a day, more people are at work and therefore more vulnerable to collapsing office buildings. During traffic hours, people can be affected by collapsing bridges and other road infrastructure.

Source: GDACS - Joint Initiative of the United Nations and the European Commission

According to AP no major damage is reported following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook southern Mexico this morning.

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