Rapid Impact

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.8M
Glide number:	EQ-2023-000038-ECU
Depth:	66.421 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.8273 , -79.862799999999993
Event Date:	18 Mar 2023 17:12 UTC 18 Mar 2023 12:12 Local
Exposed Population:	650 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000jl3s
Inserted at:	18 Mar 2023 17:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	2.2		0		2.7
us7000jl3s	Scaled population (raster)	5.32	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.85

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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1496194	2.1	18 Mar 2023 17:12	6.9M, 75km	7.16	620 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:08	PTWC
1496199	1.7	18 Mar 2023 17:12	6.7M, 65.652km	6.93	140 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:16	NEIC
1496206	2.2	18 Mar 2023 17:12	6.8M, 66.421km	7.1	490 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:38	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 Ecuador ,of Guayas (population 2,762,596) . The alertlevel for this event is RED

Intensity	Population
	490000 people
	4.6 million people
	2 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guayas	Ecuador	130000 people
Azuay	Ecuador	22000 people
El Oro	Ecuador	340000 people
Guayas	Ecuador	3 million people
Azuay	Ecuador	580000 people
El Oro	Ecuador	250000 people
Canar	Ecuador	68000 people
Loja	Ecuador	2600 people
Tumbes	Peru	180000 people
Los Rios	Ecuador	29000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Tabor	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	10 km
Soledad	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Balao	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	12000 people	20 km
Gala de Arriba	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	25 km
Puerto Buenavista	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	25 km
Hacienda El Triunfo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	26 km
Aguapiedra	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	28 km
San Miguel	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	28 km
Camilo Ponce Enríquez	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	29 km
Campo Alegre	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
Victoria	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
Naranjal	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	32000 people	32 km
Tendales	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Pagua	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Salinas	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
El Paraíso	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
Subida Alta	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	41 km
San Carlos	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	44 km
Posorja	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	45 km
El Guabo	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	46 km
Machala	El Oro	Ecuador	City	200000 people	50 km
Data	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	50 km
Union Colombiana	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	51 km
Jesús María	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	55 km
Naranjos	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	50 km
Santa Marta	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	51 km
Zapallo Loma	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	53 km
Sabana Grande	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	55 km
Pasaje	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	45000 people	55 km
Recreo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	59 km
San Miguel	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	61 km
Safando	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	61 km
El Mate	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	62 km
Mercedes	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	63 km
Las Huacas	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	65 km
Shagli	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	66 km
Vainilla	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	66 km
San Antonio	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	67 km
Tauro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	69 km
Cedropamba	Cañar	Ecuador	Village	-	69 km
Guayaquil	Guayas	Ecuador	Major city	1.9 million people	69 km
Daligshi	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	69 km
Chongoncito	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	70 km
Santa Rosa	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	41000 people	70 km
Tamarindo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	71 km
San Francisco	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	72 km
Alfaro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	72 km
Tembleque	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	73 km
Gómez Rendón	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	73 km
Chalcalo	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	74 km
Calvario	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	74 km
Rumiurco	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	74 km
Engabao	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	75 km
M.J. Calle	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	75 km
Salinas	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	75 km
La Troncal	Canar	Ecuador	Village	36000 people	75 km
Manzano	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	77 km
San Antonio	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	77 km
Chilla	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	78 km
Avanzada	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	79 km
Huiroguaico	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	79 km
Santa Isabel	Loja	Ecuador	Village	-	81 km
Sitio Córdova	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	81 km
Guanazán	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	82 km
Curiloma	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	82 km
Boliche	Guayas	Ecuador	City	-	83 km
Chacras	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	84 km
Yaguachi	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	28000 people	84 km
Pascuales	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	84 km
G. Muñoz	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	85 km
José Real	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	87 km
Enganga	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	88 km
Zarumilla	Tumbes	Peru	Village	17000 people	88 km
Zacachun	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	89 km
Playas	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	89 km
Mariscal Sucre	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	90 km
Piedras	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	90 km
Colegio	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	93 km
Victoria	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	94 km
El Burro	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	94 km
Capone	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	94 km
Guangala	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	94 km
Cuenca	Azuay	Ecuador	City	280000 people	95 km
San Luis	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	95 km
Zapotal	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	96 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	96 km
Tamarindo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	97 km
Lorenzo de Garaicoa	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	97 km
Palmales	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	98 km
Tispa	Azuay	Ecuador	Village	-	99 km
San Rafael	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	100 km
Matagalo	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	101 km
San Luis	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	101 km
El Bunque	El Oro	Ecuador	Village	-	102 km
Canduy	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	102 km
Nobol	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	102 km
Azúcar	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	102 km
Engullima	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	103 km
Bucay	Chimborazo	Ecuador	Village	-	103 km
Tumbes	Tumbes	Peru	City	110000 people	105 km
Daule	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	48000 people	107 km
Lomas de Sargentillo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	7500 people	108 km
Tacural	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	108 km
Baquerizo Moreno	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	109 km
Corrales	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	110 km
Río Verde	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	110 km
Isidro Ayora	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	110 km
Bocana	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	111 km
San Vicente	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	112 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
Maragrosa		5				0	7 km
Guabital		8				0	21 km
La Mina		4				0	42 km
Posorja		5				0	46 km
General Serrano	MCH	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	50 km
Banasur		9				0	57 km
Taura		17				0	68 km
La Puntilla		14				0	68 km
Victor Larrea		52	Civ.	Paved	No	3400	68 km
Simon Bolivar International	GYE	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	74 km
La Carolina		23				0	77 km
San Carlos		30				0	87 km
Mariscal Lamar	CUE	2530	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6200	98 km
Pedro Canga	TBP	25	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	8200	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puna	ECPUN	Ecuador	9 km
Puerto Bolivar	ECPBO	Ecuador	48 km
Prtmaritimo		Ecuador	60 km
Guayaquil	ECGYE	Ecuador	69 km
Duran	ECDUN	Ecuador	71 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Tahuin	Arenillas	1988	90 km

More information

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