DATASET

Earthquake in Central Mexico (2017-09-20)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-20 10:38:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-09-19 18:14:00
Event type: Earthquake (Ground shaking)

Activation reason:
A 7.1 Magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico on 19 September 2017, collapsing buildings and killing more than 200 people. It was the second major earthquake to hit Mexico in two weeks.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 3

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Earthquake in Central Mexico (2017-09-20). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/1c3c1abb-65fd-48d0-8c6f-2b835e19d20b

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Earthquake Emergency Emergency Management EMSR244 Mapping Mexico Rapid Mapping MEX

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR244]: Earthquake in Central Mexico (2017-09-20)
URL 
  • All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((-98.7177288635 18.9387648475, -98.4056116513 18.9387648475, -98.4056116513 18.3510832658, -98.7177288635 18.3510832658, -98.7177288635 18.9387648475))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2017-09-20
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR244 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/1c3c1abb-65fd-48d0-8c6f-2b835e19d20b
Popularity