M 5.4 in Costa Rica on 24 Apr 2024 01:20 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: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.5366 , -82.3588
Event Date: 24 Apr 2024 01:20 UTC
23 Apr 2024 20:20 Local
Exposed Population: 130 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us6000mtc6
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2024 03:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Costa Rica)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mtc6 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1566881 0 24 Apr 2024 01:20 5.5M, 10km 4.15 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:15 NEIC
1567118 0 24 Apr 2024 01:20 5.4M, 10km 4 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 02:15 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 180000 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km no 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
La Galera Veraguas Panama Village - 68 km
El Trapiche Veraguas Panama Village - 69 km
David Chiriquí Panama Major city 83000 people 99 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
Enrique Malek International DAV 27 Civ. Paved Yes 5900 95 km
Puerto Armuelles 13 0 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Parida Island Panama 64 km
Co Doq Island Panama 66 km
Pedregal PAPED Panama 92 km
San Juan Panama 98 km
Puerto Armuelles PAAML Panama 99 km

More information

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