M 5.6 in Puerto Rico on 07 Jan 2020 08:34 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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.9223 , -66.7308
Event Date: 07 Jan 2020 08:34 UTC
07 Jan 2020 04:34 Local
Exposed Population: About 23000 people in MMI
3330000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70006vm9
Inserted at: 08 Jan 2020 08:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006vm9 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1289161 0 07 Jan 2020 08:34 5.6M, 10km 5.45 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 Puerto Rico ,of Mayag?ez (population 2,751) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
170000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1289161 17.922/-66.731 5.6 10.0 5.952 07 Jan 2020 10:14 01:40 (new episode)
2 1 1289161 17.922/-66.731 5.6 10.0 6.854 07 Jan 2020 10:23 01:49 (upd of #1)
3 1 1289161 17.922/-66.731 5.6 10.0 6.854 07 Jan 2020 10:36 02:02 (upd of #2)
4 1 1289161 17.922/-66.731 5.6 10.0 6.854 07 Jan 2020 10:44 02:10 (upd of #3)
5 1.1 1289161 17.922/-66.731 5.6 10.0 6.909 07 Jan 2020 20:08 11:34 (upd of #4)
6 0 1289161 17.922/-66.731 5.6 10.0 5.447 07 Jan 2020 23:01 14:27 (upd of #5)
7 0 1289161 17.922/-66.731 5.6 10.0 5.447 08 Jan 2020 08:37 1d 00:03 (upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Mayag?ez Puerto Rico 61000 people
Ponce Puerto Rico 120000 people
Mayag?ez Puerto Rico 190000 people
Ponce Puerto Rico 160000 people
Aguadilla Puerto Rico 71000 people
Arecibo Puerto Rico 24000 people
Guayama Puerto Rico 18000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Guayanilla Guayanilla Puerto Rico Village 5100 people 13 km
Penuelas Penuelas Puerto Rico Village - 15 km
Ponce Ponce Puerto Rico City 160000 people 16 km
Yauco Yauco Puerto Rico Village 20000 people 18 km
Santo Domingo Penuelas Puerto Rico Village 3600 people 17 km
Guanica Guanica Puerto Rico Village 9200 people 20 km
Ensenada Guanica Puerto Rico Village - 23 km
Coto Laurel Ponce Puerto Rico Village 3600 people 24 km
Aguilita Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village 4900 people 24 km
Machuchal Sabana Grande Puerto Rico Village - 26 km
Pastillo Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village 3800 people 26 km
Luis Llorens Torres Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village - 26 km
Adjuntas Adjuntas Puerto Rico Village 5000 people 27 km
Juana Diaz Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village 9600 people 28 km
Sabana Grande Sabana Grande Puerto Rico Village 8800 people 31 km
Castaner Lares Puerto Rico Village - 31 km
Rio Canas Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village - 35 km
Santa Isabel Santa Isabel Puerto Rico Village 7000 people 35 km
San German San German Puerto Rico Village 12000 people 37 km
Lajas Lajas Puerto Rico Village 5000 people 37 km
Utuado Utuado Puerto Rico Village 9900 people 38 km
Coamo Coamo Puerto Rico Village 12000 people 43 km
Las Vegas Mayaguez Puerto Rico Village - 44 km
Lares Lares Puerto Rico Village 7000 people 44 km
Rosario San German Puerto Rico Village - 46 km
Salinas Salinas Puerto Rico Village 6100 people 46 km
Cabo Rojo Cabo Rojo Puerto Rico Village 11000 people 48 km
Hormigueros Hormigueros Puerto Rico Village 12000 people 48 km
Boqueron Cabo Rojo Puerto Rico Village 2000 people 48 km
La Esperanza Arecibo Puerto Rico Village - 51 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
Mercedita PSE 9 Civ. Paved Yes 6900 20 km
Fort Allen 6 0 26 km
Parguera 10 0 34 km
Baxter-San German 64 0 36 km
Santa Isabel 8 0 36 km
Lajas Airpark 9 0 38 km
Boqueron 1 0 45 km
Cullingford Field 4 0 47 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Guayanilla PRGUY Puerto Rico 9 km
Ponce PRPSE Puerto Rico 12 km
Guanica Harbour PRGUX Puerto Rico 16 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Toa Vaca Dam Toa Vaca 1972 33 km

More information

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