Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru on 01 Apr 2016 15:28 UTC

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M 4.5 in Peru on 01 Apr 2016 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:	4.5M
Depth:	26.42 Km
Lat/Lon:	-16.5298 , -72.4129
Event Date:	01 Apr 2016 15:28 UTC 01 Apr 2016 10:28 Local
Exposed Population:	1038103 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Apr 2016 19:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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
1123908		0	01 Apr 2016 15:28	4.5M, 26.42km	N/A	1 million (in 100km)		03:43	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 Peru , Department of Arequipa (population 1,079,500) . The nearest places are Carachayo, Infiernillo, Huccha, Soñay, Palo Parado, Arrozal, Callan, Cornejo, Pueblo Nuevo, Pachaqui, and Arequipa.

Radius	Population
100 km	770000 people
75 km	140000 people
50 km	60000 people
20 km	5400 people
10 km	1100 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Arequipa	Peru	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Carachayo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	12 km
Infiernillo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	17 km
Huccha	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	17 km
Soñay	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	19 km
Palo Parado	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	21 km
Arrozal	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	23 km
Callan	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	23 km
Cornejo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	23 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	24 km
Pachaqui	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	29 km
Mesana	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	32 km
Pampata	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	32 km
El Alto	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	34 km
Camaná	Arequipa	Peru	Village	15000 people	34 km
Huata	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	35 km
El Paraiso Hacienda	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	36 km
El Cardo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	36 km
Corire	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	37 km
Santa Isabel de Sihuas	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	40 km
Boyadero	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	43 km
Mamas	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	44 km
Carrizal	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	44 km
Chageriyoc	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	44 km
Sóndor	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	46 km
Jaguey	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	46 km
Desamparados	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	48 km
Huacán	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	49 km
La Mesa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	50 km
Pitay	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	53 km
Aplao	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	53 km
Acoy	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	58 km
Las Huertas	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	59 km
Sicera	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	59 km
El Cruce	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	59 km
Islay	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	60 km
San José	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	60 km
La Joya	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	61 km
Vítor	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Huatiapa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	64 km
Tojyanca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	66 km
La Repartición	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Palca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Mollendo	Arequipa	Peru	City	29000 people	66 km
Huagri	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	69 km
La Angostura	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	69 km
Carcone	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	69 km
Arequipa	Arequipa	Peru	Major city	840000 people	95 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
Camana		65	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	32 km
Campamento Siguas Majes		1440	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	32 km
Santa Rita de Siguas		1280	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	34 km
Mariano Melgar		1250				0	61 km
Vitor		1542				0	61 km
Mollendo		3	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	70 km
Rodriguez Ballon	AQP	2562	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9700	91 km
Huambo		3283	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	96 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Matarani	PEMRI	Peru	59 km
Mollendo	PEMLQ	Peru	66 km

More information

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