Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 25 Jun 2024 19:03 UTC

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M 4.6 in Colombia on 25 Jun 2024 19:03 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:	4.6M
Depth:	38.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.8644 , -77.0296
Event Date:	25 Jun 2024 19:03 UTC 25 Jun 2024 14:03 Local
Exposed Population:	200 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000n84y
Inserted at:	25 Jun 2024 19:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000n84y	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	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
1578717		0	25 Jun 2024 19:03	4.6M, 38.9km	N/A	200 thousand (in 100km)		00:55	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 Colombia , Department of Choco (population 1,914) . The nearest places are Opogadó, Vereda Garval, La Isla de Los Palacios, Bella Luz, La Isla, Pueblo Nuevo, Alegrias, El Lana, San Alejandro, Rio Grande, and Guarin.

Radius	Population
100 km	200000 people
75 km	58000 people
50 km	20000 people
20 km	1900 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Choco	Colombia	1900 people
Antioquia	Colombia	<1000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Opogadó	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	8 km
Vereda Garval	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	10 km
La Isla de Los Palacios	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Bella Luz	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
La Isla	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	14 km
Alegrias	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
El Lana	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
San Alejandro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
Rio Grande	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
Curbaradó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
Torquitado	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Vigia de Curbarado	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Boca de Murindo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Villanueva	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Boca de Curvaradó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
Vigia del Puerto	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Puerto Lopez	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Murindó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Domingodó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Bella Vista	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	36 km
Bojayá	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Murrí Bajo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Antadó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Puerto Conto	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Bocas del Murri	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
San Miguel	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Playa Alta	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Virinvi	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
San Jose de Bojaya	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Pedega	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Puerto Martínez	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	56 km
Cupica	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	56 km
Buchadó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
Nabugá	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
El Tigre	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
Ríosucio	Choco	Colombia	Village	7100 people	64 km
Octavia	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Aguacate	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	68 km
Pavarandocito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	69 km
Pavarando Grande	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	69 km
Curiche	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	70 km
Guarin	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	70 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
Apartado	APO	unknown				0	27 km
Bahia Cupica	BHF	unknown				0	48 km
Jurado	JUO	unknown				0	61 km
Jose Celestino Mutis	BSC	24	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	84 km
Chigorodo	IGO	unknown				0	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Jurado		Colombia	83 km
Bahia Solarno		Colombia	93 km

More information

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