Overall Green Earthquake alert in Venezuela on 23 Jun 2024 03:58 UTC

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M 6 in Venezuela on 23 Jun 2024 03:58 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:	6.0M
Depth:	87.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.753 , -62.6296
Event Date:	23 Jun 2024 03:58 UTC 22 Jun 2024 23:58 Local
Exposed Population:	110 thousand in MMI V
Source:	NEIC us7000mu1p
Inserted at:	23 Jun 2024 04:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000mu1p	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1578234		0	23 Jun 2024 03:58	6M, 87.4km	5.58	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	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 Venezuela ,of Sucre (population 741,866) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	2700 people
	510000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1578234	-62.63/10.753	6	87.4	5.563	23 Jun 2024 04:20	00:22	(new episode)
2	1578234	-62.63/10.753	6	87.4	5.541	23 Jun 2024 04:25	00:27	(upd of #1)
3	1578234	-62.63/10.753	6	87.4	5.59	23 Jun 2024 06:03	02:05	(upd of #2)
4	1578234	-62.63/10.753	6	87.4	5.581	24 Jun 2024 04:40	1d 00:42	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sucre	Venezuela	no people
Sucre	Venezuela	370000 people
Monagas	Venezuela	160000 people
Delta Amacuro	Venezuela	<1000 people
Trinidad & Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	5300 people
Neuva Esparta	Venezuela	<1000 people
Sucre	Venezuela	2100 people
Monagas	Venezuela	2900 people
Delta Amacuro	Venezuela	<1000 people
Trinidad & Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	28000 people
Neuva Esparta	Venezuela	1100 people
Anzoategui	Venezuela	<1000 people
Grenada	Grenada	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Irapa	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	21 km
Yoco	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	26 km
Yaguaraparo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	30 km
Soro	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	31 km
Bojoral	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	36 km
Güiria	Sucre	Venezuela	City	-	41 km
Puerto de Hierro	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	43 km
Río Caribe	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	53 km
Ajíes	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	61 km
El Pilar	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	62 km
Guariquén	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	63 km
Carúpano	Sucre	Venezuela	City	120000 people	69 km
Guacarapo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	72 km
Buena Esperanza	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	76 km
Río Casanay	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	79 km
Caño de Cruz	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	85 km
Caripito	Monagas	Venezuela	City	-	88 km
Casanay	Sucre	Venezuela	City	-	91 km
Campearito	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	94 km
Azagua	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	96 km
Caño Colorado	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	98 km
Cariaco	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	105 km
Quiriquire	Monagas	Venezuela	City	-	107 km
Vuelta Larga	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	111 km
Fullarton	Saint Patrick	Trinidad and Tobago	Village	-	112 km
El Zamuro	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	113 km
Point Fortin	Saint Patrick	Trinidad and Tobago	Village	21000 people	122 km
San José de Buja	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	133 km
Santa Elena	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	134 km
Saint Joseph		Trinidad and Tobago	Village	4900 people	135 km
Manzanillo	Nueva Esparta	Venezuela	Village	-	144 km
Redhead	Saint David	Trinidad and Tobago	Village	-	184 km
Mount Pleasant	Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Village	-	204 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
Rio de Agua		10				0	47 km
Guiria	GUI	13	Civ.	Paved	No	5100	40 km
Carupano	CUP	10	Civ.	Paved	No	6700	70 km
Pedernales	PDZ	2				0	97 km
Tobago Crown Point	TAB	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	201 km
La Vieja		385				0	207 km
Las Adjuntas		163				0	228 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Guiria	VEGUI	Venezuela	42 km
Puerto de Hierro	VEPHO	Venezuela	62 km
Carupano	VECUP	Venezuela	69 km
Cristobal Colon		Venezuela	78 km
Caripito	VECAR	Venezuela	86 km
Point Fortin	TTPTF	Trinidad and Tobago	122 km
Crown Point		Trinidad and Tobago	201 km

More information

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