Overall Green Earthquake alert in Costa Rica on 09 Sep 2014 16:08 UTC

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M 4.6 in Costa Rica on 09 Sep 2014 16:08 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:	4.6M
Depth:	51.19 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.02 , -84.83
Event Date:	09 Sep 2014 16:08 UTC 09 Sep 2014 10:08 Local
Exposed Population:	3010455 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	09 Sep 2014 19:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1059894		0	09 Sep 2014 16:08	4.6M, 51.19km	N/A	3 million (in 100km)		03:25	NEIC

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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 Puntarenas (population 384,746) . The nearest places are San Josï¿½, Pitahaya, La Esperanza, Trenconal, and Hacienda Puerto Alto.

Radius	Population
100 km	3 million people
75 km	1.2 million people
50 km	370000 people
20 km	110000 people
10 km	41000 people
5 km	6600 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hacienda Puerto Alto	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	1 km
Pitahaya	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	2 km
La Esperanza	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	2 km
Trenconal	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	3 km
San Josï¿½	San Josï¿½	Costa Rica	Capital	330000 people	83 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
Chacarita		2	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	7 km
Tambor	TMU	unknown					38 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puntarenas	CRPAS	Costa Rica	6 km
Caldera	CRCAL	Costa Rica	18 km

Dams

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

More information

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