Overall Green Earthquake alert in Costa Rica on 11 Jun 2015 18:43 UTC

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M 4.5 in Costa Rica on 11 Jun 2015 18:43 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:	4.5M
Depth:	26.14 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.0832 , -83.4638
Event Date:	11 Jun 2015 18:43 UTC 11 Jun 2015 12:43 Local
Exposed Population:	3023331 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	11 Jun 2015 19:57 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
1084195		0	11 Jun 2015 18:43	4.5M, 26.14km	N/A	3 million (in 100km)		01:13	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 Limon (population 256,221) . The nearest places are San Josï¿½, Racuarito, Monteverde, and Freehold.

Radius	Population
100 km	3 million people
75 km	2.2 million people
50 km	440000 people
20 km	83000 people
10 km	32000 people
5 km	7200 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Limon	Costa Rica	260000 people
Cartago	Costa Rica	350000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Racuarito	Limï¿½n	Costa Rica	Village	-	2 km
Freehold	Limï¿½n	Costa Rica	Village	-	2 km
Monteverde	Limï¿½n	Costa Rica	Village	-	3 km
San Josï¿½	San Josï¿½	Costa Rica	Capital	330000 people	70 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
San Alberto		27	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	7 km
El Carmen		18	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	14 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Moin		Costa Rica	42 km
Puerto Limon	CRLIO	Costa Rica	48 km
Moin Bay (Puerto Limon)	CRMOB	Costa Rica	50 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Cachi	Reventazon	1966	46 km

More information

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