Overall Green Earthquake alert in Puerto Rico on 03 Jul 2020 20:49 UTC

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M 5.5 in Puerto Rico on 03 Jul 2020 20:49 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.8948 , -66.9631
Event Date:	03 Jul 2020 20:49 UTC 03 Jul 2020 16:49 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VI 2080000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000ahjq
Inserted at:	03 Jul 2020 21:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000ahjq	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1319053	0.7	03 Jul 2020 20:49	5.4M, 10km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)	00:05	PTWC
1319056	0	03 Jul 2020 20:49	5.5M, 10km	5.66	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:37	NEIC
1319078	0	03 Jul 2020 20:49	5.3M, 3km	6	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	3d 20:16	PRICO RS

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 Puerto Rico ,of Mayag?ez (population 1,982) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	5400 people
	120000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1319056	17.895/-66.963	5.5	10.0	5.842	03 Jul 2020 21:11	00:22	(new episode)
2	1319056	17.895/-66.963	5.5	10.0	5.663	03 Jul 2020 21:27	00:37	(upd of #1)
3	1319078	17.895/-66.963	5.5	10.0	5.799	03 Jul 2020 22:53	02:03	(new episode)
4	1319078	17.895/-66.963	5.5	10.0	6.143	04 Jul 2020 20:57	1d 00:07	(upd of #3)
5	1319078	17.78/-66.928	5.5	6.2	6.003	07 Jul 2020 17:06	3d 20:16	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	2000 people
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	110000 people
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	200000 people
Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	390000 people
Ponce	Puerto Rico	240000 people
Arecibo	Puerto Rico	82000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ensenada	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	-	9 km
Guanica	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	9200 people	11 km
Machuchal	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	-	17 km
Lajas	Lajas	Puerto Rico	Village	5000 people	20 km
Yauco	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	20000 people	20 km
Sabana Grande	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	8800 people	21 km
San German	San German	Puerto Rico	Village	12000 people	22 km
Guayanilla	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	5100 people	23 km
Rojo Cabo	Cabo Rojo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	24 km
Boqueron	Cabo Rojo	Puerto Rico	Village	2000 people	27 km
Cabo Rojo	Cabo Rojo	Puerto Rico	Village	11000 people	29 km
Santo Domingo	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	3600 people	30 km
Penuelas	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	32 km
Rosario	San German	Puerto Rico	Village	-	32 km
Hormigueros	Hormigueros	Puerto Rico	Village	12000 people	32 km
Las Vegas	Mayaguez	Puerto Rico	Village	-	33 km
Castaner	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	-	34 km
Mayagnez	Mayaguez	Puerto Rico	Village	79000 people	39 km
Adjuntas	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	5000 people	39 km
Ponce	Ponce	Puerto Rico	City	160000 people	40 km
Lares	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	7000 people	45 km
Coto Laurel	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	3600 people	47 km
Anasco	Anasco	Puerto Rico	Village	5900 people	47 km
Aguilita	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	4900 people	48 km
Collores	Jayuya	Puerto Rico	Village	-	49 km
Luis Llorens Torres	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	-	50 km
San Sebastian	San Sebastian	Puerto Rico	Village	12000 people	50 km
Utuado	Utuado	Puerto Rico	Village	9900 people	50 km
Pastillo	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	3800 people	51 km
Juana Diaz	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	9600 people	52 km
Luyando	Aguada	Puerto Rico	Village	3600 people	55 km
Moca	Moca	Puerto Rico	Village	4800 people	58 km
La Esperanza	Arecibo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	59 km
Aguada	Aguada	Puerto Rico	Village	3900 people	59 km
Santa Isabel	Santa Isabel	Puerto Rico	Village	7000 people	60 km
Victoria	Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	Village	-	60 km
Aguadilla	Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	Village	17000 people	63 km
Caban	Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	Village	-	64 km
Bajadero	Arecibo	Puerto Rico	Village	3900 people	66 km
Camuy	Camuy	Puerto Rico	Village	4000 people	67 km
Hatillo	Hatillo	Puerto Rico	Village	5300 people	67 km
Domingo Ruiz	Arecibo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	68 km
Isabela	Isabela	Puerto Rico	Village	13000 people	68 km

see full list

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
Parguera		10				0	12 km
Lajas Airpark		9				0	18 km
Baxter-San German		64				0	22 km
Boqueron		1				0	23 km
Cullingford Field		4				0	24 km
Sabalos Ward		10				0	37 km
Mercedita	PSE	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6900	44 km
Eugenio Maria de Hostos	MAZ	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	44 km
Orama-Layuya		446				0	50 km
Fort Allen		6				0	50 km
Santa Isabel		8				0	61 km
Labadie		137				0	63 km
Antonio Nery Juarbe Pol	ARE	7				0	69 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Guanica Harbour	PRGUX	Puerto Rico	11 km
Guayanilla	PRGUY	Puerto Rico	25 km
Ponce	PRPSE	Puerto Rico	36 km
Mayaguez	PRMAZ	Puerto Rico	39 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Caonillas	Caonillas	1948	53 km
Guajataca	Guajataca	1928	56 km
Dos Bocas	Rio Grande de Arecibo	1942	58 km

More information

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