Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 22 May 2024 08:44 UTC

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M 4.7 in Colombia on 22 May 2024 08:44 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:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.4816 , -79.0522
Event Date:	22 May 2024 08:44 UTC 22 May 2024 03:44 Local
Exposed Population:	220 thousand in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us6000n08a
Inserted at:	22 May 2024 09:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000n08a	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1572389		0	22 May 2024 08:44	4.7M, 10km	3.16	220 thousand (in 100km)		00:42	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	210000 people
75 km	28000 people
50 km	<1000 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
Majagual	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
San Juan de La Costa	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Barrerita	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	56 km
Gicrillal	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
El Salto	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
San Pedro del Vino	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Boca Ramos	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Boca de Guandipa San Andres	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Pizarro	Narino	Colombia	Village	6000 people	67 km
Alto Guandipa	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	67 km
Mosquera	Nariño	Colombia	Village	3500 people	68 km
Santa Cecilia	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	68 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
La Florida	TCO	2	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5200	81 km
Mosquera	MQR	unknown				0	82 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tumaco	COTCO	Colombia	80 km

More information

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