M 5.8 in Puerto Rico on 07 Jan 2020 11:18 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: 17.9824 , -66.7294
Event Date: 07 Jan 2020 11:18 UTC
07 Jan 2020 07:18 Local
Exposed Population: 120000 people in MMI
3380000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70006vpb
Inserted at: 07 Jan 2020 11:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006vpb Scaled population (raster) 1.11  
  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
1289176 0 07 Jan 2020 11:18 6M, 5km N/A 3.1 million (in 100km) 00:05 PTWC
1289182 0 07 Jan 2020 11:18 5.8M, 10km 6.15 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:34 NEIC
1289196 1.1 07 Jan 2020 11:18 5.6M, 9km 6.84 30 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 02:02 PRICO RS
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 3,153) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
180000 people
220000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1289182 17.982/-66.729 5.8 10.0 6.3 07 Jan 2020 11:43 00:24 (new episode)
2 0 1289182 17.982/-66.729 5.8 10.0 6.149 07 Jan 2020 11:53 00:34 (upd of #1)
3 0.8 1289196 18.022/-66.776 5.6 9.0 6.636 07 Jan 2020 12:48 01:30 (new episode)
4 0.9 1289196 18.022/-66.776 5.6 9.0 6.675 07 Jan 2020 12:59 01:41 (upd of #3)
5 0.9 1289196 18.022/-66.776 5.6 9.0 6.664 07 Jan 2020 13:21 02:02 (upd of #4)
6 1 1289196 18.022/-66.776 5.6 9.0 6.825 07 Jan 2020 22:50 11:31 (upd of #5)
7 1.1 1289196 18.022/-66.776 5.6 9.0 6.837 08 Jan 2020 11:21 1d 00:02 (upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Mayag?ez Puerto Rico 51000 people
Ponce Puerto Rico 120000 people
Mayag?ez Puerto Rico 81000 people
Ponce Puerto Rico 110000 people
Aguadilla Puerto Rico 3200 people
Arecibo Puerto Rico 1300 people
Mayag?ez Puerto Rico 72000 people
Ponce Puerto Rico 74000 people
Aguadilla Puerto Rico 52000 people
Arecibo Puerto Rico 33000 people
Guayama Puerto Rico 4800 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Guayanilla Guayanilla Puerto Rico Village 5100 people 8 km
Penuelas Penuelas Puerto Rico Village - 9 km
Santo Domingo Penuelas Puerto Rico Village 3600 people 10 km
Ponce Ponce Puerto Rico City 160000 people 13 km
Yauco Yauco Puerto Rico Village 20000 people 14 km
Guanica Guanica Puerto Rico Village 9200 people 19 km
Coto Laurel Ponce Puerto Rico Village 3600 people 20 km
Adjuntas Adjuntas Puerto Rico Village 5000 people 20 km
Aguilita Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village 4900 people 21 km
Ensenada Guanica Puerto Rico Village - 22 km
Luis Llorens Torres Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village - 23 km
Machuchal Sabana Grande Puerto Rico Village - 23 km
Pastillo Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village 3800 people 25 km
Castaner Lares Puerto Rico Village - 25 km
Juana Diaz Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village 9600 people 25 km
Collores Jayuya Puerto Rico Village - 27 km
Sabana Grande Sabana Grande Puerto Rico Village 8800 people 28 km
Jayuya Jayuya Puerto Rico Village 3500 people 30 km
Utuado Utuado Puerto Rico Village 9900 people 32 km
Rio Canas Juana Diaz Puerto Rico Village - 33 km
San German San German Puerto Rico Village 12000 people 35 km
Santa Isabel Santa Isabel Puerto Rico Village 7000 people 35 km
Lajas Lajas Puerto Rico Village 5000 people 36 km
Lares Lares Puerto Rico Village 7000 people 38 km
Las Vegas Mayaguez Puerto Rico Village - 39 km
La Esperanza Arecibo Puerto Rico Village - 44 km
Salinas Salinas Puerto Rico Village 6100 people 46 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 18 km
Fort Allen 6 0 24 km
Orama-Layuya 446 0 27 km
Parguera 10 0 33 km
Baxter-San German 64 0 34 km
Santa Isabel 8 0 36 km
Lajas Airpark 9 0 37 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Guayanilla PRGUY Puerto Rico 4 km
Ponce PRPSE Puerto Rico 10 km
Guanica Harbour PRGUX Puerto Rico 16 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Toa Vaca Dam Toa Vaca 1972 29 km
Caonillas Caonillas 1948 33 km
Dos Bocas Rio Grande de Arecibo 1942 39 km

More information

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