M 6.6 in Colombia on 25 May 2023 03:05 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: 6.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.8894 , -77.1231
Event Date: 25 May 2023 03:05 UTC
24 May 2023 22:05 Local
Exposed Population: 9 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000k3n3
Inserted at: 25 May 2023 03:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.2 0.2
us7000k3n3 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0.23m  
  C1 rapid impact 0 Max wave realtime 0.23m  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1507531 0 25 May 2023 03:05 6.6M, 10km 6.25 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.2m (at 00:28) 00:06 PTWC
1507532 0 25 May 2023 03:05 6.6M, 10km 6.22 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.2m (at 00:28) 00:07 NTWC
1507534 0 25 May 2023 03:05 6.6M, 10km 6.24 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.2m (at 00:17) 00:18 NEIC
1507690 0 25 May 2023 03:05 6.5M, 13km 6.12 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:37) 1d 00:36 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 Colombia ,of Choco (population 363,180) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
8900 people
480000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Choco Colombia 5000 people
San Blas Panama no people
Antioquia Colombia 12000 people
Choco Colombia <1000 people
San Blas Panama 5400 people
Antioquia Colombia 28000 people
Darien Panama 2200 people
Choco Colombia no people
Darien Panama <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Sapzurro Choco Colombia Village - 36 km
Acandí Chocó Colombia Village - 45 km
Mulatos Antioquia Colombia Village - 53 km
Zepata Antioquia Colombia Village - 59 km
Damaquiel Antioquia Colombia Village - 60 km
Necoclí Antioquia Colombia Village 9700 people 63 km
San Juan Antioquia Colombia Village - 67 km
San Juancito Antioquia Colombia Village - 73 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
Capurgana CPB unknown 0 37 km
Acandi ACD 15 Civ. Unpaved No 3900 46 km
Mulatos ULS unknown 0 49 km
Puerto Obaldia PUE unknown 0 41 km
Necocli NCI unknown 0 61 km
San Juan de Uraba SJR unknown 0 67 km
Santa Maria SMC unknown 0 80 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Acandi Colombia 44 km
Pito Panama 46 km

More information

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