Overall Green Earthquake alert in Cuba on 17 Jan 2017 09:08 UTC

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M 5.8 in Cuba on 17 Jan 2017 09:08 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.8664 , -76.6062
Event Date:	17 Jan 2017 09:08 UTC 17 Jan 2017 04:08 Local
Exposed Population:	About 9000 people in MMI 1710000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007tmh
Inserted at:	17 Jan 2017 18:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.1 (Cuba)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
us10007tmh	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1154241		0.4	17 Jan 2017 09:08	5.4M, 11.03km	N/A	1.7 million (in 100km)		00:22	NEIC
1154284		0.6	17 Jan 2017 09:08	5.8M, 10km	5.99	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		09:13	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Cuba , Province of Santiago de Cuba (population 1,037,180) . The nearest places are Corral de Rio, Colon, Chivirico, Cuevas del Turquino, El Plátano, Vega Larga, Cobrero, Las Llanadas de Buey, Antonio Maceo, Matías, and Jabaco.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.7 million people
75 km	690000 people
50 km	140000 people
20 km	12000 people
10 km	6400 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	1 million people
Granma	Cuba	830000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Corral de Rio	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	18 km
Colon	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	22 km
Chivirico	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	24 km
Cuevas del Turquino	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	29 km
El Plátano	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	31 km
Vega Larga	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	33 km
Cobrero	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	37 km
Las Llanadas de Buey	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	37 km
Antonio Maceo	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	43 km
Matías	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	44 km
Guisa	Granma	Cuba	Village	18000 people	44 km
Cruce Peralejo	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	47 km
Cautillo	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	48 km
Estrada Palma	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	49 km
Cotea	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	49 km
Esperanza	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	51 km
Barrancas	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	53 km
Santa Rita	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	53 km
Amarito	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	53 km
Humilladero	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	56 km
Baire	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	57 km
Bayamo	Granma	Cuba	City	190000 people	57 km
Bellavista	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	57 km
Yara	Granma	Cuba	Village	28000 people	58 km
Arroceras Garatas	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	59 km
Jiguaní	Granma	Cuba	Village	46000 people	59 km
Veguita	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	59 km
La Marca del Portillo	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	61 km
Santa Teresa	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	61 km
Maffo	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	61 km
Cienaguilla	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	62 km
Aguacate	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	65 km
Malacó	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	67 km
Hato Nuevo	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	69 km
Palmas Altas	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	69 km
Jabaco	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
C M de Cespedes	BYM	64	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	59 km
Sierra Maestra	MZO	34	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	69 km
Antonio Maceo	SCU	69	Civ.	Paved	Yes	13100	81 km
Los Mangos de Baragua		100				0	91 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Portillo		Cuba	58 km
Pilon	CUPIL	Cuba	76 km
Manzanillo	CUMZO	Cuba	76 km
Santiago de Cuba	CUSCU	Cuba	83 km
Ceiba Hueca	CUCEI	Cuba	85 km
Media Luna	CUMEL	Cuba	93 km

More information

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