Overall Green Earthquake alert in North Of Honduras on 23 Jun 2022 20:37 UTC

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M 4.8 in North Of Honduras on 23 Jun 2022 20:37 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	4.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.8994 , -85.7505
Event Date:	23 Jun 2022 20:37 UTC 23 Jun 2022 14:37 Local
Exposed Population:	20 thousand in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us7000hjqr
Inserted at:	23 Jun 2022 21:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000hjqr	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1450122		0	23 Jun 2022 20:37	4.8M, 10km	3.36	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:37	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	29000 people
75 km	5900 people
50 km	2300 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Black Rock	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	46 km
Guanaja	Islas de la Bahia	Honduras	Village	1900 people	51 km
Red Cliff	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	57 km
Barbareta	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	67 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
Guanaja	GJA	11				0	53 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Guanaja Island	HNGJA	Honduras	51 km

More information

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