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Mexico - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.

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Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 153
No of people killed: 14,754
Average killed per year: 509
No of people affected: 11,618,164
Average affected per year: 400,626
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 25,952,210
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 894,904


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.17
Earthquake*: 0.62
Epidemic: 0.07
Extreme temp: 0.48
Flood: 1.34
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.24
Volcano: 0.28
Storm: 2.00
Wildfire: 0.07




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Earthquake* 1985 2,130,204
Storm 2005 1,954,571
Flood 2007 1,600,000
Storm 2005 1,000,000
Storm 1997 800,200
Flood 1999 616,060
Storm 2002 500,030
Storm 2008 500,000
Storm 1983 257,500
Storm 2006 240,700

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Earthquake* 1985 9,500
Flood 1999 636
Extreme temp. 1990 380
Flood 1998 274
Storm 1988 240
Storm 1998 240
Storm 1997 230
Storm 1982 225
Extreme temp. 1997 205
Flood 1998 158

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 2005 5,000,000
Earthquake* 1985 4,104,000
Flood 2007 3,000,000
Storm 2005 2,500,000
Storm 1993 1,670,000
Storm 1995 1,500,000
Drought 1996 1,200,000
Storm 1995 800,000
Storm 2002 640,000
Flood 1998 602,700



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 540.22
Epidemic: 34.00
Extreme temp: 78.21
Flood: 44.62
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 17.29
Volcano: 15.00
Storm: 31.66
Wildfire: 25.00

Affected People

Drought: 13,000.00
Earthquake*: 141,147.94
Epidemic: 5,762.50
Extreme temp: 1,142.86
Flood: 73,382.10
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 45.71
Volcano: 19,863.50
Storm: 102,824.93
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 322,000.00
Earthquake*: 257,388.89
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 5,900.00
Flood: 112,835.90
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 14,625.00
Storm: 258,927.76
Wildfire: 45,600.00


Statistics By Disasters Type





*: Including tsunami


More information and data on: www.emdat.be/

Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel."
Data version: v11.08

Data displayed does not imply national endorsement