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:	5.8M
Depth:	165.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.239 , -62.015
Event Date:	20 Jan 2023 11:23 UTC 20 Jan 2023 07:23 Local
Exposed Population:	530 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	PTWC pt23020000
Inserted at:	20 Jan 2023 11:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
PTWC	0		0
pt23020000	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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
1484557		0	20 Jan 2023 11:23	5.8M, 165.3km	3.93	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:07	PTWC
1484558		0	20 Jan 2023 11:23	6.2M, 166.372km	4.2	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	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.

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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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