M 5.9 in Colombia on 29 Jul 2015 00:10 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: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.237 , -77.2984
Event Date: 29 Jul 2015 00:10 UTC
28 Jul 2015 19:10 Local
Exposed Population: 490000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 29 Jul 2015 00:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
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
1090125 0.5 29 Jul 2015 00:10 6.1M, 10km N/A 370 thousand (in 100km) 00:10 NTWC    
1090127 0.8 29 Jul 2015 00:10 5.9M, 10km N/A 490 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 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 Colombia , Department of Choco (population 363,180) . The nearest places are La Palma, and Tanela.

Radius Population
100 km 490000 people
75 km 130000 people
50 km 37000 people
20 km 9000 people
10 km 4900 people
5 km 1700 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Choco Colombia 360000 people
Darien Panama 39000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Tanela Choco Colombia Village - 13 km
La Palma Darien Panama Major city 1800 people 95 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
Caledonia CDE unknown 4 km
Gilgal GGL unknown 26 km
Santa Maria SMC unknown 28 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Acandi Colombia 31 km
Pito Panama 52 km

More information

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