M 4.5 in El Salvador on 09 Aug 2015 07:05 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: 9.98 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.7088 , -88.4899
Event Date: 09 Aug 2015 07:05 UTC
09 Aug 2015 01:05 Local
Exposed Population:
5992606 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 09 Aug 2015 07:57 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1091431 0 09 Aug 2015 07:05 4.5M, 9.98km N/A 6 million (in 100km) 00:51 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 El Salvador , Department of San Miguel (population 514,647) . The nearest places are San Salvador, and Montecillos.

Radius Population
100 km 6 million people
75 km 3.8 million people
50 km 1.7 million people
20 km 150000 people
10 km 24000 people
5 km 3800 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
San Miguel El Salvador 510000 people
San Vicente El Salvador 230000 people
Usulutan El Salvador 460000 people
Cabanas El Salvador 210000 people
Intibuca Honduras 150000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Montecillos San Miguel El Salvador Village - 5 km
San Salvador San Salvador El Salvador Capital 520000 people 77 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
El Playon 79 41 km
Los Comandos 280 41 km
La Carrera 52 44 km
Erandique EDQ unknown 47 km
El Papalon 68 49 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Puerto El Triunfo El Salvador 50 km
La Union SVLUN El Salvador 82 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
15 de Septiembre Lempa n/a 12 km

More information

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