M 4.9 in Costa Rica on 06 Jul 2014 11:42 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 4.9M
Depth: 65.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.2742 , -85.178
Event Date: 06 Jul 2014 11:42 UTC
06 Jul 2014 05:42 Local
Exposed Population:
939120 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 06 Jul 2014 12:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1054751 0.1 06 Jul 2014 11:42 4.9M, 65.64km N/A 940 thousand (in 100km) 00:23 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Costa Rica , Province of Guanacaste (population 226,557) . The nearest places are San Jos�, and Tiquirusas.

Radius Population
100 km 940000 people
75 km 550000 people
50 km 280000 people
20 km 39000 people
10 km 5300 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Guanacaste Costa Rica 230000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica 380000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Tiquirusas Guanacaste Costa Rica Village - 2 km
San Jos� San Jos� Costa Rica Capital 330000 people 126 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
Las Canas LCS unknown 17 km
Playa Samara PLD unknown 26 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Puntarenas CRPAS Costa Rica 50 km
Caldera CRCAL Costa Rica 65 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Arenal Arenal Arenal 1978 51 km

More information

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