Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 02 May 2016 02:03 UTC

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M 4.5 in Argentina on 02 May 2016 02:03 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:	39.75 Km
Lat/Lon:	-32.7455 , -69.1665
Event Date:	02 May 2016 02:03 UTC 01 May 2016 23:03 Local
Exposed Population:	1407655 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	02 May 2016 02:56 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
1127117		0	02 May 2016 02:03	4.5M, 39.75km	N/A	1.4 million (in 100km)		00:53	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 Argentina , Province of Mendoza (population 1,463,642) . The nearest places are Mendoza, Estaciï¿½n Uspallata, El Challao, Guido, Uspallata, and Potrerillos.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.4 million people
75 km	1.3 million people
50 km	1 million people
20 km	11000 people
10 km	3200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mendoza	Argentina	1.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Guido	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	13 km
Estaciï¿½n Uspallata	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	21 km
Potrerillos	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	22 km
Uspallata	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	24 km
El Challao	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	25 km
Mendoza	Mendoza	Argentina	Major city	880000 people	36 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
Aeroparque Ciudad Mendoza		807	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	31 km
El Plumerillo	MDZ	706	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	36 km
La Puntilla		830					37 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Potrerillos	Potrerillos	Mendoza	n/a	27 km

More information

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