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M 5.6 in Panama on 22 Jul 2024 20:17 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	8.2425 , -82.7302
Event Date:	22 Jul 2024 20:17 UTC 22 Jul 2024 15:17 Local
Exposed Population:	2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000nekb
Inserted at:	22 Jul 2024 20:38 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	0.4		0.4
us6000nekb	Scaled population (raster)	2.1
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1583692		0.4	22 Jul 2024 20:17	5.6M, 10km	6.63	2 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 GREEN

Intensity	Population
	1500 people
	56000 people
	150000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiriqui	Panama	54000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	190000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	26000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	120000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	31000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Puerto Armuelles	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	19000 people	15 km
Davalá	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	18 km
San Bartolo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	19 km
La Esperanza	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	19 km
Quebrada Corotú	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	21 km
Tallo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	25 km
Progreso	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2100 people	25 km
Alanje	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1300 people	25 km
Divala	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	27 km
Sitio Lázaro	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	29 km
Santo Domingo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1200 people	30 km
La Cuesta	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	30 km
El Alto de Escárrea	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	31 km
Concepción	Chiriquí	Panama	City	-	32 km
Boquerón	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3100 people	34 km
Capacho	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	34 km
Pedregal	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	16000 people	36 km
David	Chiriquí	Panama	Major city	83000 people	39 km
Alto de Gariché	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	33 km
Puerto Real	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	34 km
Cueta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	40 km
Mirador	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	48 km
Chiriquí	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	48 km
La Planta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	49 km
Dolega	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1600 people	50 km
Potrerillos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	50 km
Neily	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	50 km
Unión	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	52 km
Florida	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	53 km
Gualaca	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2700 people	57 km
Boca Chica	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	57 km
Horconcitos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	<1000 people	64 km
Boca del Monte	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	70 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	15 km
Enrique Malek International	DAV	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	36 km
Coto 47	OTR	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	48 km
Gualaca		152				0	57 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Armuelles	PAAML	Panama	15 km
Pedregal	PAPED	Panama	36 km
Parida Island		Panama	44 km

More information

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