M 4.6 in Costa Rica on 10 Jul 2015 11:46 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: 7.09 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.5759 , -83.1333
Event Date: 10 Jul 2015 11:46 UTC
10 Jul 2015 05:46 Local
Exposed Population:
639851 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 10 Jul 2015 12:09 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
1087643 0 10 Jul 2015 11:46 4.6M, 7.09km N/A 640 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 David, Esperanza, Puerto Escondido, Bajo Chontales, and Purruia.

Radius Population
100 km 640000 people
75 km 410000 people
50 km 240000 people
20 km 34000 people
10 km 14000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Puntarenas Costa Rica 380000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Bajo Chontales Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 2 km
Esperanza Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 3 km
Puerto Escondido Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 3 km
Purruia Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 4 km
David Chiriqu� Panama Major city 83000 people 79 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
Golfito GLF 15 Civ. Paved No 4500 10 km
Finca 63 11 Civ. Paved No 3200 11 km
Coto 47 OTR 8 Civ. Paved No 3200 18 km
Puerto Jimenez PJM unknown 19 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Golfito CRGLF Costa Rica 6 km
Puerto Jimenez Costa Rica 16 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Fortuna n/a 99 km

More information

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