M 4.7 in Costa Rica on 16 Oct 2014 05:41 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: 4.7M
Depth: 13.58 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.47 , -83.07
Event Date: 16 Oct 2014 05:41 UTC
15 Oct 2014 23:41 Local
Exposed Population:
611657 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2014 06:06 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1062519 0 16 Oct 2014 05:41 4.7M, 13.58km N/A 610 thousand (in 100km) 00:25 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 Puntarenas (population 384,746) . The nearest places are and David.

Radius Population
100 km 610000 people
75 km 520000 people
50 km 250000 people
20 km 37000 people
10 km 9400 people
5 km 1400 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Costa Rica Puntarenas 380000 people
Panama Chiriqui 390000 people
Panama Bocas del Toro 100000 people
Costa Rica Limon 260000 people
Costa Rica San Jose 1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
David Chiriquí Panama Major city 83000 people 68 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
Coto 47 OTR 8 Civ. Paved No 3200 20 km
Finca 63 11 Civ. Paved No 3200 24 km
Golfito GLF 15 Civ. Paved No 4500 28 km
Puerto Armuelles 13 28 km
Puerto Jimenez PJM unknown 30 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Golfito CRGLF Costa Rica 24 km
Puerto Armuelles PAAML Panama 28 km

More information

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