Overall Green Earthquake alert in Puerto Rico on 07 Jan 2020 08:34 UTC

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M 5.6 in Puerto Rico on 07 Jan 2020 08:34 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.9223 , -66.7308
Event Date:	07 Jan 2020 08:34 UTC 07 Jan 2020 04:34 Local
Exposed Population:	About 23000 people in MMI 3330000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70006vm9
Inserted at:	08 Jan 2020 08:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70006vm9	Scaled population (raster)	3.27
	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1289161		0	07 Jan 2020 08:34	5.6M, 10km	5.45	20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:03	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 Puerto Rico ,of Mayag?ez (population 4,203) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	24000 people
	260000 people
	1.7 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0	1289161	17.922/-66.731	5.6	10.0	5.952	07 Jan 2020 10:14	01:40	(new episode)
2	1	1289161	17.922/-66.731	5.6	10.0	6.854	07 Jan 2020 10:23	01:49	(upd of #1)
3	1	1289161	17.922/-66.731	5.6	10.0	6.854	07 Jan 2020 10:36	02:02	(upd of #2)
4	1	1289161	17.922/-66.731	5.6	10.0	6.854	07 Jan 2020 10:44	02:10	(upd of #3)
5	1.1	1289161	17.922/-66.731	5.6	10.0	6.909	07 Jan 2020 20:08	11:34	(upd of #4)
6	0	1289161	17.922/-66.731	5.6	10.0	5.447	07 Jan 2020 23:01	14:27	(upd of #5)
7	0	1289161	17.922/-66.731	5.6	10.0	5.447	08 Jan 2020 08:37	1d 00:03	(upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	4200 people
Ponce	Puerto Rico	7600 people
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	110000 people
Ponce	Puerto Rico	150000 people
Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	3200 people
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	27000 people
Ponce	Puerto Rico	77000 people
Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	64000 people
Arecibo	Puerto Rico	1100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Guayanilla	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	5100 people	13 km
Penuelas	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	15 km
Ponce	Ponce	Puerto Rico	City	160000 people	16 km
Santo Domingo	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	3600 people	17 km
Yauco	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	20000 people	18 km
Guanica	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	9200 people	20 km
Ensenada	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	-	23 km
Aguilita	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	4900 people	24 km
Machuchal	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	-	26 km
Castaner	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	-	31 km
Coto Laurel	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	3600 people	24 km
Pastillo	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	3800 people	26 km
Luis Llorens Torres	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	-	26 km
Adjuntas	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	5000 people	27 km
Juana Diaz	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	9600 people	28 km
Sabana Grande	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	8800 people	31 km
Santa Isabel	Santa Isabel	Puerto Rico	Village	7000 people	35 km
Lares	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	7000 people	44 km
San Sebastian	San Sebastian	Puerto Rico	Village	12000 people	54 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
Mercedita	PSE	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6900	20 km
Fort Allen		6				0	26 km
Orama-Layuya		446				0	34 km
Santa Isabel		8				0	36 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Guayanilla	PRGUY	Puerto Rico	9 km
Ponce	PRPSE	Puerto Rico	12 km
Guanica Harbour	PRGUX	Puerto Rico	16 km

More information

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