M 5.7 in Costa Rica on 10 Jun 2021 23:27 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: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.961 , -85.423
Event Date: 10 Jun 2021 23:27 UTC
10 Jun 2021 17:27 Local
Exposed Population: About 14000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000ebw8
Inserted at: 11 Jun 2021 01:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
2.7 (Costa Rica)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ebw8 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.71  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1379934 0 10 Jun 2021 23:27 5.6M, 10km 3.96 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 NEIC
1379956 0 10 Jun 2021 23:27 5.7M, 10km 4.01 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:44 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 Costa Rica , Province of Puntarenas (population 384,746) .

Radius Population
100 km 15000 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Puntarenas Costa Rica 380000 people
Guanacaste Costa Rica 230000 people
San Jose Costa Rica 1.2 million people
Alajuela Costa Rica 580000 people
Heredia Costa Rica 300000 people
Cartago Costa Rica 350000 people
Limon Costa Rica 260000 people
Rio San Juan Nicaragua 57000 people
Rivas Nicaragua 170000 people
Chontales Nicaragua 140000 people
Chiriqui Panama 390000 people
Bocas del Toro Panama 100000 people
Zelaya Nicaragua 330000 people
Carazo Nicaragua 170000 people
Granada Nicaragua 180000 people
Masaya Nicaragua 250000 people
Managua Nicaragua 1.1 million people
Boaco Nicaragua 130000 people
Leon Nicaragua 380000 people
Matagalpa Nicaragua 350000 people
Veraguas Panama 220000 people
Chinandega Nicaragua 360000 people
Esteli Nicaragua 190000 people
Jinotega Nicaragua 190000 people
Choluteca Honduras 360000 people
Madriz Nicaragua 98000 people
Colon Panama 180000 people

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
Tambor TMU unknown 0 96 km

More information

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