Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 25 Jul 2013 12:09 UTC

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M 4.8 in Colombia on 25 Jul 2013 12:09 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	148.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.7528 , -73.0869
Event Date:	25 Jul 2013 12:09 UTC 25 Jul 2013 07:09 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	25 Jul 2013 13:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1000818		n.a	25 Jul 2013 12:09	4.8M, 148.7km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		01:06	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 Colombia , Department of Santander (population 1,692,940) . The nearest places are Los Santos, La Fuente, Batan, Los Montes, Villanueva, Aratoca, La Purnia, El Coscal, Honda, Pescadero, and Encino.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.1 million people
75 km	1.6 million people
50 km	1.4 million people
20 km	76000 people
10 km	12000 people
5 km	6300 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santander	Colombia	1.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Los Santos	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	2 km
La Fuente	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	6 km
Batan	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Los Montes	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
Villanueva	Santander	Colombia	Village	3700 people	13 km
Aratoca	Santander	Colombia	Village	2100 people	14 km
La Purnia	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	14 km
El Coscal	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	15 km
Honda	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	15 km
Pescadero	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	15 km
Cepitá	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	15 km
Guane	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	17 km
Morgatal	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Curití	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Zapatoca	Santander	Colombia	Village	6000 people	18 km
San Miguel	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Chocoa	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
Los Curos	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
El Laurel	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
Cabrera	Santander	Colombia	Village	<1000 people	24 km
Gala	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
Betulia	Santander	Colombia	Village	1700 people	24 km
El Basto	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
San Gil	Santander	Colombia	Village	33000 people	25 km
Puente Tierra	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
Piedecuesta	Santander	Colombia	Village	86000 people	25 km
Portugal	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
La Granja	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Baborreal	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Pitiguao	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Canta Rana	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Carabalí	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Laguna Da Ortices	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Trembladal	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
La Charcara	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Capellanía	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Manchadores	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Champán	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Guaca	Santander	Colombia	Village	1600 people	31 km
La Colorada	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	31 km
Margarita	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	31 km
El Roleo	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	31 km
Quebradas	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
El Término	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
Morros	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
Floridablanca	Santander	Colombia	City	250000 people	32 km
El Tope	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
Hato	Santander	Colombia	Village	<1000 people	33 km
Girón	Santander	Colombia	Village	98000 people	33 km
La Esperanza	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Angostura	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
El Oratorio	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
San Vicente de Chucurí	Santander	Colombia	Village	11000 people	35 km
Litoral	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Santa Cruz	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Molagavita	Santander	Colombia	Village	1200 people	36 km
Cardonal	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Mogotes	Santander	Colombia	Village	3400 people	37 km
La Argovia	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
La Fe	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Socorro	Santander	Colombia	Village	18000 people	38 km
Bucaramanga	Santander	Colombia	City	560000 people	38 km
El Junco	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Cairasco	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Villa Rosa	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Lebrija	Santander	Colombia	Village	8900 people	40 km
Páramo	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
El Mason	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Ricaurte	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Corinto	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
San Luis	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
El Salto	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
El Espino	Boyacá	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Alto El Cajón	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
La Laja	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Buenavista	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Los Martinos	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Baraya	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
La Pedregosa	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
El Filo	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Estacion Madrid	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Málaga	Santander	Colombia	Village	18000 people	43 km
Trianon	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Guarumales	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Palmas del Socorro	Santander	Colombia	Village	<1000 people	44 km
La Curva Popaga	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
La Esperanza	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Cachipay	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
El Carmen	Santander	Colombia	Village	1600 people	45 km
Palenque	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Santa Isabel	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Cruces	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Betania	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Apure	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Honduras	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Concepción	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Nogontova	Boyacá	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Padua	Boyacá	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
San Francisco	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Llana Fría	Santander	Colombia	Village	-	47 km

see full list

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
Zapatoca	AZT	unknown				0	19 km
Palo Negro	BGA	1188	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7400	40 km
Malaga		2044	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3200	44 km
Las Cruces		141				0	81 km
Yariguies	EJA	126	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	81 km

More information

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