Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nicaragua on 03 Jan 2020 15:28 UTC

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M 5.5 in Nicaragua on 03 Jan 2020 15:28 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:	5.5M
Depth:	109.08 Km
Lat/Lon:	11.7289 , -86.2978
Event Date:	03 Jan 2020 15:28 UTC 03 Jan 2020 09:28 Local
Exposed Population:	2500000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70006u7m
Inserted at:	03 Jan 2020 17:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Nicaragua= 5.3; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70006u7m	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.02

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1288685		0	03 Jan 2020 15:28	5.5M, 109.08km	3.67	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:03	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 Nicaragua ,of Carazo (population 193,327) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1288685	11.729/-86.298	5.5	109.1	3.965	03 Jan 2020 15:47	00:18	(new episode)
2	1288685	11.729/-86.298	5.5	109.1	3.669	03 Jan 2020 15:57	00:28	(upd of #1)
3	1288685	11.729/-86.298	5.5	109.1	3.669	03 Jan 2020 17:31	02:03	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Carazo	Nicaragua	190000 people
Managua	Nicaragua	59000 people
Granada	Nicaragua	180000 people
Masaya	Nicaragua	40000 people
Rivas	Nicaragua	99000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Caimito	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	9 km
El Rosario	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	3000 people	10 km
Boquita	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	10 km
Casares	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	11 km
Huiste	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	12 km
Ahuchuetes	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	12 km
El Brasil	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	14 km
Diriamba	Carazo	Nicaragua	City	34000 people	15 km
La Cholpa	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	15 km
Las Marías	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	17 km
La Piñuela	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	17 km
Jinotepe	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	29000 people	17 km
San Rafael	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	20 km
Veracruz	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	21 km
La Pintada	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	22 km
El Tamarindo	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	22 km
El Crucero	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	16000 people	23 km
La Camaroncita	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	24 km
Masachapa	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	24 km
Masatepe	Masaya	Nicaragua	City	21000 people	26 km
Nandaime	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	21000 people	26 km
San Antonio	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	26 km
San Bartolo	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	30 km
Diriá	Masaya	Nicaragua	Village	-	31 km
Los Ángeles	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	31 km
Escalante	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	32 km
Las Salinas	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	33 km
Las Cabras	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	34 km
El Zapote	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	35 km
Carlos Fonseca Amador	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	36 km
Pica Pica	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	36 km
Las Delicias	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	37 km
Santa Julia	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	40 km
El Mojón de Veracruz	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	41 km
Casa Blanca	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	42 km
Santa Cruz	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	42 km
Granada	Granada	Nicaragua	City	89000 people	43 km
San Ramón	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	43 km
Santa Justa	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	46 km
Santa Clara	Masaya	Nicaragua	Village	-	46 km
La Calzada	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	47 km
El Gigante	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	48 km
Santa Bárbara	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	48 km
Belén	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	5100 people	49 km
Tola	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	2600 people	51 km
El Coyol	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	52 km
El Hato	Granada	Nicaragua	Village	-	52 km
San José	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	57 km
Palos Negros	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	58 km
San Jorge	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	7100 people	60 km
Rivas	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	30000 people	60 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Montelimar		30				0	25 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Puerto Masachapa		Nicaragua	25 km

More information

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