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
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.1 1.1
us6000nejp Scaled population (raster) 4.18  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.58  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1583677 1.1 22 Jul 2024 19:19 5.7M, 3km 7.12 30 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Panama ,of Chiriqui (population 391,788) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
31000 people
30000 people
63000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Chiriqui Panama 29000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica no people
Chiriqui Panama 29000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica 3300 people
Chiriqui Panama 36000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica 35000 people
Chiriqui Panama 270000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica 31000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity 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
Alanje Chiriquí Panama Village 1300 people 36 km
Sitio Lázaro Chiriquí Panama Village - 38 km
Alto de Gariché Chiriquí Panama Village - 35 km
El Alto de Escárrea Chiriquí Panama Village - 36 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
Puerto Real Bocas del Toro Panama Village - 46 km
Neily Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 47 km
Pedregal Chiriquí Panama Village 16000 people 48 km
David Chiriquí Panama Major city 83000 people 50 km
Mirador Chiriquí Panama Village - 51 km
Dolega Chiriquí Panama Village 1600 people 59 km
Chiriquí Chiriquí Panama Village - 60 km
Punto Jimenez Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 61 km
Gualaca Chiriquí Panama Village 2700 people 68 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity 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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Puerto Armuelles PAAML Panama 5 km
Pedregal PAPED Panama 48 km

More information

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