Overall Green Earthquake alert in Panama on 22 Jul 2024 19:19 UTC

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M 5.7 in Panama on 22 Jul 2024 19:19 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:	5.7M
Depth:	3 Km
Lat/Lon:	8.2328 , -82.8412
Event Date:	22 Jul 2024 19:19 UTC 22 Jul 2024 14:19 Local
Exposed Population:	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000nejp
Inserted at:	22 Jul 2024 19:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4 (Panama)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Panama= 4; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.9		0.9
us6000nejp	Scaled population (raster)	3.21
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.58

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
1583677		0.9	22 Jul 2024 19:19	5.7M, 3km	6.88	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		00:20	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 Panama ,of Chiriqui (population 391,788) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	29000 people
	39000 people
	120000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0.9	1583677	-82.841/8.233	5.7	3	6.882	22 Jul 2024 19:43	00:24	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiriqui	Panama	27000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	no people
Chiriqui	Panama	33000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	8900 people
Chiriqui	Panama	96000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	35000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	330000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	140000 people
Bocas del Toro	Panama	130000 people
Limon	Costa Rica	13000 people
San Jose	Costa Rica	<1000 people
Veraguas	Panama	<1000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	1200 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	<1000 people
Bocas del Toro	Panama	1100 people
Limon	Costa Rica	1900 people
San Jose	Costa Rica	150000 people
Veraguas	Panama	3000 people
Cartago	Costa Rica	55000 people
Alajuela	Costa Rica	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Puerto Armuelles	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	19000 people	6 km
San Bartolo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	10 km
Quebrada Corotú	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	12 km
Tallo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	18 km
La Esperanza	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	20 km
Progreso	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2100 people	23 km
Davalá	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	24 km
La Cuesta	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	28 km
Divala	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	29 km
Capacho	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	33 km
Santo Domingo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1200 people	34 km
Alto de Gariché	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	35 km
Alanje	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1300 people	36 km
El Alto de Escárrea	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	36 km
Sitio Lázaro	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	38 km
Puerto Real	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	46 km
Pedregal	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	16000 people	48 km
Concepción	Chiriquí	Panama	City	-	39 km
Boquerón	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3100 people	42 km
Cueta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	43 km
Unión	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	45 km
Florida	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	46 km
Neily	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	47 km
David	Chiriquí	Panama	Major city	83000 people	50 km
Mirador	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	51 km
Italcancori	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	54 km
La Planta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	55 km
Plaza de Caisán	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	57 km
Golfito	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	6700 people	57 km
Potrerillos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	58 km
Cerrón	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	58 km
Dolega	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1600 people	59 km
Chiriquí	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	60 km
Punto Jimenez	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 km
Potrerillos Arriba	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1000 people	64 km
El Hato del Volcán	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	64 km
Guaria	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	64 km
Sereno	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	64 km
Sabalito	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	65 km
Linda Vista	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	66 km
Gualaca	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2700 people	68 km
Caldera	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Boca Chica	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Silla de Pando	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Maguey	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	71 km
Aguas Claras	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	72 km
Cerro Punta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3000 people	74 km
Piedras Blancas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	75 km
Boquete	Chiriquí	Panama	City	6000 people	75 km
Horconcitos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	<1000 people	76 km
Chumbaga	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	76 km
Paja de Sombrero	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	76 km
Boca del Monte	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	81 km
Sabanilla	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	82 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	82 km
Peninsula de Osa	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	82 km
San Lorenzo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	85 km
Las Vueltas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	89 km
Venecia	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	90 km
Cerrillos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	95 km
San Félix	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	98 km
Santa Cruz	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	103 km
Chiriquicito Número Tres	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	104 km
Palmar Sur	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	105 km
Las Lajas	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1200 people	107 km
Robalo	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	108 km
Puerto Cortés	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	3500 people	110 km
Remedios	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	<1000 people	111 km
Buenos Aires	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	12000 people	116 km
Volcán	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	127 km
Almirante	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	8000 people	127 km
Bocas del Toro	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Major city	3400 people	138 km
Changuinola	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	23000 people	143 km
Guabito	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	6000 people	147 km
El Trapiche	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	147 km
Cabécar	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	144 km
El Tigre	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	185 km
La Sabaneta	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	188 km
Búffalo	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	199 km
Desamparados	San José	Costa Rica	Village	39000 people	228 km
San José	San José	Costa Rica	Capital	330000 people	232 km
Pital	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	249 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
Puerto Armuelles		13				0	5 km
Coto 47	OTR	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	43 km
Enrique Malek International	DAV	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	48 km
Finca 63		11	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	53 km
Golfito	GLF	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	60 km
Puerto Jimenez	PJM	unknown				0	61 km
Las Tierras Altas		1524				0	62 km
San Vito de Java	TOO	984	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	67 km
Gualaca		152				0	68 km
Palmar Sur	PMZ	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	105 km
Nuevo Palmar Sur		5				0	105 km
Buenos Aires	BAI	370	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	116 km
Finca 67		9				0	138 km
Bocas del Toro	BOC	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	139 km
Captain Manuel Nino	CHX	6	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	140 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Armuelles	PAAML	Panama	5 km
Pedregal	PAPED	Panama	48 km
Parida Island		Panama	56 km
Golfito	CRGLF	Costa Rica	56 km
Puerto Jimenez		Costa Rica	65 km
San Juan		Panama	118 km
Almirante	PAPAM	Panama	126 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Fortuna		n/a	86 km

More information

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