Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Region	Lat/Long
19-Jun-2013 11:00:36	4.4	-9.9	offshore Oaxaca, Mexico	15.83° N / 98.71° W
19-Jun-2013 05:46:28	4.1	-36.8	Guerrero, Mexico	16.63° N / 98.93° W
18-Jun-2013 13:23:23	4.3	-32.5	offshore Guerrero, Mexico	16.06° N / 98.68° W
16-Jun-2013 13:28:21	4.2	-47.0	offshore Guatemala	13.78° N / 92.26° W
16-Jun-2013 05:19:01	5.8	-53.8	Guerrero, Mexico	18.33° N / 99.05° W
15-Jun-2013 14:00:05	4.6	-51.7	offshore Guatemala	13.91° N / 92.26° W

Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)

Name	Advisory Date(UTC)	Wind Speed	Wind Gusts	Heading	Track Speed	Status	Pressure	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
Popocatepetl	Mexico	Ongoing Activity	CENAPRED, Mexico	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 19 07:59:54 HST 2013	19.02° N / 98.62° W
Colima	Mexico	Unknown	Colima Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Wed Feb 06 07:57:25 HST 2013	19.51° N / 103.62° W

Recent Hotspots (Fire)

Date of First Obs(UTC)	Date of Last Obs(UTC)	Description	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
13-Mar-2013	16-Mar-2013	Medium fire/Low intensity	15.9 N	93.6 W

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years

Count
32

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Jun 30 2010 00:07	6.2	20		1	MEXICO: SAN ANDRES HUAXPALTEPEC	16.4° N / 97.78° W
Apr 13 2007 00:05	6.0	34	5	0	MEXICO: GUERRERO, ATOYAC	17.3° N / 100.2° W
Jan 01 2004 00:23	6.1	29		0	MEXICO: GUERRERO, MEXICO CITY	17.49° N / 101.3° W
Jan 22 2003 00:02	7.5	24	8	29	MEXICO: VILLA DE ALVAREZ, COLIMA, TECOMAN, JALISCO	18.77° N / 104.1° W
Sep 25 2002 00:18	5.3	6		0	MEXICO: ACAPULCO	16.87° N / 100.11° W

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Sep 23 1902 00:20	8.4	100	0	MEXICO: VENUSTIANO CARRANZA,CHIAPAS,CHIS,TABASCO	16.6° N / 92.6° W
Jan 24 1899 00:23	8.4	60	0	MEXICO: GUERRERO-OAXACA	17.0° N / 98.0° W
Apr 15 1907 00:06	8.3	60	8	MEXICO: GUERRERO	17.0° N / 100.0° W
Mar 28 1787 00:17	8.3	0	0	MEXICO: SAN MARCOS, OAXACA	16.5° N / 98.5° W
Mar 26 1908 00:23	8.1	80	0	MEXICO: GUERRERO	18.0° N / 99.0° W

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
29

5 Most Recent Eruptions

Name	Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Location	Lat / Long
POPOCATEPETL	Dec 17 2000 00:00	1.0	MEXICO	19.02° N / 98.62° W
POPOCATEPETL	Dec 02 2000 00:00	2.0	MEXICO	19.02° N / 98.62° W
POPOCATEPETL	Jan 13 2000 00:00	1.0	MEXICO	19.02° N / 98.62° W
COLIMA VOLCANIC COMP	Dec 19 1999 00:00	2.0	MEXICO	19.51° N / 103.62° W
COLIMA VOLCANIC COMP	Dec 10 1999 00:00	1.0	MEXICO	19.51° N / 103.62° W

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Lat / Long
Feb 27 2010 15:49	MEXICO	ACAPULCO	0.2	16.83° N / 99.92° W
Aug 15 2007 06:11	MEXICO	ACAPULCO	0.2	16.83° N / 99.92° W
Jan 22 2003 02:57	MEXICO	ZIHUATANEJO	0.2	17.67° N / 101.64° W
Oct 09 1995 00:00	MEXICO	CUYUTLAN	2.7	18.92° N / 104.07° W
Sep 21 1985 01:56	MEXICO	ACAPULCO	1.2	16.83° N / 99.92° W

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Nov 16 1925 00:00	MEXICO	ZIHUATANEJO	11.0	0	17.67° N / 101.64° W
Jun 22 1932 13:04	MEXICO	CUYUTLAN	10.0	75	18.92° N / 104.07° W
Jul 30 1909 00:00	MEXICO	ACAPULCO	9.0	0	16.83° N / 99.92° W
May 04 1820 05:00	MEXICO	ACAPULCO	4.0	0	16.83° N / 99.92° W
Apr 03 1787 00:00	MEXICO	POCHUTLA	4.0	0	15.73° N / 96.47° W

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)

Start Date(UTC)	End Date(UTC)	Intensity	Size (sq. km.)	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years

Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years

Maximum Zone (km/hr)
210-249

Demography

Population 2001

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
78,653,072	74,313

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
78,755,472	88,884

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
81,999,696	66,318

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
82,958,000	67,084

Countries

Country
Guatemala
Mexico

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
Mexico	Mexico City	5,000,000 and greater	National and provincial capital	19.43° N / 99.13° W
Mexico	Toluca	5,000,000 and greater	Provincial capital	19.28° N / 99.67° W
Mexico	Guadalajara	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Provincial capital	20.67° N / 103.34° W
Mexico	Puebla	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	Other	19.05° N / 98.19° W
Mexico	Acapulco	250,000 to 500,000	Other	16.97° N / 99.93° W
Mexico	Aguascalientes	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	21.89° N / 102.29° W
Mexico	Cuernavaca	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	18.92° N / 99.22° W
Mexico	Morelia	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	19.7° N / 101.18° W
Mexico	Queretaro	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	20.58° N / 100.39° W
Mexico	Saltillo	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	25.42° N / 100.99° W
Mexico	San Luis Potosi	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	22.15° N / 100.98° W
Mexico	Tampico	250,000 to 500,000	Other	22.24° N / 97.84° W
Mexico	Tuxtla Gutierrez	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	16.74° N / 93.11° W
Mexico	Veracruz	250,000 to 500,000	Other	19.18° N / 96.12° W
Mexico	Villahermosa	250,000 to 500,000	Provincial capital	17.98° N / 92.94° W
Mexico	Ciudad Victoria	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	23.74° N / 99.14° W
Mexico	Colima	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	19.25° N / 103.74° W
Mexico	Jalapa	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	19.53° N / 96.9° W
Mexico	Oaxaca	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	17.06° N / 96.71° W
Mexico	Pachuca	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	20.12° N / 98.75° W
Mexico	Zacatecas	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	22.76° N / 102.56° W
Mexico	Chilpancingo De Los Bravo	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	17.55° N / 99.5° W
Mexico	Guanajuato	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	21.02° N / 101.26° W
Mexico	Tlaxcala	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	19.31° N / 98.24° W

Infrastructure

Airports

Name	Type	Elevation (Ft.)	Link	Lat / Long
ATIZAPAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	08120		19.57° N / 99.29° W
BAHIAS DE HUATULCO INTL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00468	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMBT	15.77° N / 96.26° W
CARVAJAL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00024		24.5° N / 97.74° W
CASA MADERO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	04700		25.51° N / 102.2° W
CELAYA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05709	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMCY	20.55° N / 100.89° W
CEMENTOS MEXICANOS	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00302		21.98° N / 98.96° W
CERRO AZUL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00450		21.16° N / 97.76° W
CHILPANCINGO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	04199	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMCH	17.57° N / 99.51° W
CIUDAD GUZMAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	04987		19.71° N / 103.49° W
CIUDAD MANTE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00341	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMDM	22.74° N / 99.02° W
CIUDAD PEMEX	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00020		17.88° N / 92.48° W
COAHUAYANA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00200		18.68° N / 103.68° W
COLIMA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	02372	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMIA	19.28° N / 103.58° W
COLOTLAN SOUTH	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05500		21.99° N / 103.28° W
CORDOBA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	03000		18.87° N / 96.96° W
FAUSTO VEGA SANTANDER	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00010		20.95° N / 97.38° W
HUETAMO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00984		18.53° N / 100.85° W
IGUALA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	02838		18.27° N / 99.51° W
INGENIERO JUAN GUILLERMO VILLASANA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	07598	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMPC	20.08° N / 98.78° W
IXMIQUILPAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05577		20.49° N / 99.26° W
J AGUSTIN CASTRO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	03800		25.53° N / 103.52° W
JAUJILLA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	06398		19.85° N / 101.75° W
LA PESCA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00015		23.8° N / 97.77° W
LA RETAMA SOUTHWEST	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	02000		23.97° N / 98.83° W
LAZARO CARDENAS	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00039	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMLC	18.0° N / 102.22° W
LENCERO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	03127	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMJA	19.48° N / 96.8° W
LICENCIADO Y GEN IGNACIO LOPEZ RAYON	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05226	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMPN	19.4° N / 102.04° W
MATEHUALA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05118		23.68° N / 100.62° W
MINATITLAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00036	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMMT	18.1° N / 94.58° W
NUEVO DOLORES	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00480		24.06° N / 98.42° W
OCOTLAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05003		20.37° N / 102.77° W
PABLO L SIDAR	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00960		19.09° N / 102.39° W
PLAN DE AYALA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00300		17.48° N / 93.49° W
PUERTO ESCONDIDO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00289	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMPS	15.88° N / 97.09° W
RANCHO MARINA VIEJA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00100		23.74° N / 98.06° W
RIO VERDE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	03281		21.96° N / 100.01° W
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	07776	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMSC	16.69° N / 92.53° W
SANTA BARBARA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00980		18.33° N / 100.64° W
TA LO DE SOTO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00490		16.46° N / 98.39° W
TEHUACAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05510	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMHC	18.5° N / 97.42° W
TIZAYUCA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	07600		19.87° N / 98.94° W
TLAXCALA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	08229	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMTA	19.54° N / 98.17° W
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ 2	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	01900		16.74° N / 93.17° W
VENUSTIANO CARRANZA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05100		20.16° N / 102.62° W
XICOTENCATL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00377		22.95° N / 98.96° W
ZAMORA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	05141	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMZM	20.05° N / 102.28° W
ZAPOTILTIC	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	04019	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMTX	19.6° N / 103.37° W
C P A CARLOS ROVIROSA INTL	Active civil airport	00043	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMVA	18.0° N / 92.82° W
CIUDAD VICTORIA	Active civil airport	00781	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMCV	23.7° N / 98.96° W
CUERNAVACA	Active civil airport	04262	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMCB	18.84° N / 99.26° W
DE GUANAJUATO INTL	Active civil airport	05968	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMLO	20.99° N / 101.48° W
DON MIGUEL Y HIDALGO INTL	Active civil airport	05012	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMGL	20.52° N / 103.31° W
GENERAL FRANCISCO J MUJICA	Active civil airport	06014	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMMM	19.85° N / 101.03° W
GENERAL FRANCISCO JAVIER MINA INTL	Active civil airport	00080	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMTM	22.3° N / 97.87° W
GENERAL JUAN N ALVAREZ INTL	Active civil airport	00016	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMAA	16.76° N / 99.75° W
GENERAL LEOBARDO C RUIZ INTL	Active civil airport	07021	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMZC	22.9° N / 102.69° W
HERMANOS SERDAN INTL	Active civil airport	07380	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMPB	19.16° N / 98.37° W
IGNACIO F ESPINOZA GUTIERREZ INTL	Active civil airport	06460	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMQT	20.62° N / 100.37° W
IXTAPA ZIHUATANEJO INTL	Active civil airport	00020	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMZH	17.6° N / 101.46° W
JESUS TERAN INTL	Active civil airport	06112	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMAS	21.71° N / 102.32° W
LICENCIADO ADOLFO LOPEZ MATEOS INTL	Active civil airport	08458	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMTO	19.34° N / 99.57° W
LICENCIADO BENITO JUAREZ INTL	Active civil airport	07316	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMMX	19.44° N / 99.07° W
PLAN DE GUADALUPE INTL	Active civil airport	04778	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMIO	25.55° N / 100.93° W
PONCIANO ARRIAGA INTL	Active civil airport	06070	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMSP	22.25° N / 100.93° W
TAJIN	Active civil airport	00453	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMPA	20.6° N / 97.46° W
TAMUIN	Active civil airport	00164	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMTN	22.04° N / 98.81° W
TAPACHULA INTL	Active civil airport	00115	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMTP	14.79° N / 92.37° W
XOXOCOTLAN INTL	Active civil airport	05012	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMOX	17.0° N / 96.73° W
COLOTLAN	Active joint (civil and military) airport	06102		22.43° N / 103.25° W
FRANCISCO SARABIA	Active joint (civil and military) airport	03451	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMTG	16.77° N / 93.34° W
GENERAL HERIBERTO JARA INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00105	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMVR	19.15° N / 96.19° W
TORREON INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	03694	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMTC	25.57° N / 103.41° W
IRAPUATO	Active military airport	05658		20.67° N / 101.31° W
IXTEPEC	Active military airport	00082	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMIT	16.45° N / 95.09° W
LEON GONZALES PIE DE LA CUESTA	Active military airport	00020		16.91° N / 99.99° W
NAS SALINA CRUZ	Active military airport	00075		16.21° N / 95.2° W
ZAPOPAN	Active military airport	05333	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MMZP	20.76° N / 103.47° W

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
LAGUNA VERDE	MEXICO	2	19.73° N / 96.39° W

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Urban	69,429	4
Rural	758,823	45
Not classified	848,496	51

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Open Shrublands	209,613	25
Woody Savannas	140,179	17
Mixed Forests	88,088	11
Grasslands	94,146	11
Croplands	81,458	10
Savannas	62,441	8
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	58,420	7
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	39,382	5
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	17,385	2
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	18,504	2
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	7,027	0.9
Unclassified	4,239	0.5
Urban and Built-Up	1,188	0.1
Closed Shrublands	712	0.09
Permanent Wetlands	196	0.02
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	22	0
Snow and Ice	4	0

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-4	5,389	1,278

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	Jun	Jul	Aug
low	17.7	16.9	17.1
high	30.9	29.5	29.9

Average Precipitation

	Jun	Jul	Aug
mm/day	5.4	5.9	5.3

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
ACAPULCO/G. ALVA	Mon Mar 18 2013 22:44	86F	12.0	W		16.75° N / 99.75° W
GUADALAJARA	Mon Mar 18 2013 22:46	80.6F	13.0	WNW		20.52° N / 103.32° W
MEXICO CITY/LICE	Mon Mar 18 2013 22:45	77F	10.0	S	Few clouds 3000 ft.	19.42° N / 99.08° W

End.

Jun 20, 2013 10:45 PM	Jun 20, 2013 4:45 PM	Jun 21, 2013 11:45 AM	Jun 21, 2013 8:15 AM	Jun 21, 2013 2:45 AM
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