Overall Green Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 12 Aug 2014 19:57 UTC

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M 5.1 in Ecuador on 12 Aug 2014 19:57 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:	5.1M
Depth:	5.38 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.08 , -78.3
Event Date:	12 Aug 2014 19:57 UTC 12 Aug 2014 14:57 Local
Exposed Population:	About 31000 people in MMI 3220000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000s27f
Inserted at:	13 Aug 2014 15:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
usb000s27f	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
1057410		0.3	12 Aug 2014 19:58	5.1M, 7.67km	N/A	3.4 million (in 100km)		00:26	NEIC
1057476		0.3	12 Aug 2014 19:57	5.1M, 5.38km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		19:11	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 Ecuador , Province of Pichincha (population 1,929,013) . The nearest places are Quinche, Yaruqui, San Carlos, Guayllabamba, Hacienda Chaupi, Pambamarca, Hacienda Tanda, Hacienda Cajas, Pifo, and Calderón.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.7 million people
75 km	3.2 million people
50 km	2.8 million people
20 km	590000 people
10 km	77000 people
5 km	26000 people
2 km	13000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Pichincha	Ecuador	1.9 million people
Napo	Ecuador	200000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Quinche	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	1 km
Yaruqui	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	2 km
San Carlos	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	7 km
Guayllabamba	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	7 km
Hacienda Chaupi	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	9 km
Pambamarca	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	11 km
Hacienda Tanda	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	12 km
Hacienda Cajas	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	14 km
Pifo	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	14 km
Calderón	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	15 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
Mariscal Sucre International	UIO	2811	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10200	21 km
Atahualpa		2227	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	52 km
Cotopaxi		2784	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12100	96 km

More information

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