Overall Green Earthquake alert in Venezuela on 17 Oct 2015 00:57 UTC

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M 4.7 in Venezuela on 17 Oct 2015 00:57 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:	11.63 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.7569 , -62.8976
Event Date:	17 Oct 2015 00:57 UTC 16 Oct 2015 20:27 Local
Exposed Population:	528380 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	17 Oct 2015 01:30 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
1102371		0	17 Oct 2015 00:57	4.7M, 11.63km	N/A	530 thousand (in 100km)		00:32	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 Venezuela , State of Sucre (population 741,866) . The nearest places are San Juan de las Galdonas, Agua Fría, Agua Dulce, San Juan, Bojoral, Unare, Guayana, Yaguaraparo, Río Caribe, Quebrada de Ño Carlos, and Cabo Blanco.

Radius	Population
100 km	570000 people
75 km	430000 people
50 km	270000 people
20 km	16000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sucre	Venezuela	740000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Juan de las Galdonas	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	8 km
Agua Fría	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	10 km
Agua Dulce	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	13 km
San Juan	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	16 km
Bojoral	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	16 km
Unare	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	19 km
Guayana	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	19 km
Yaguaraparo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	21 km
Río Caribe	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	22 km
Quebrada de Ño Carlos	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	23 km
El Paujil	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	25 km
La Corona	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	28 km
Puerto Santo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	28 km
Cazadores	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	30 km
El Pilar	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	34 km
Puerto Escondido	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	34 km
Ajíes	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	37 km
Carúpano	Sucre	Venezuela	City	120000 people	38 km
El Rincón	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	40 km
Maraval	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	40 km
Irapa	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	41 km
Cariaquito	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	45 km
Buena Esperanza	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	49 km
Río Casanay	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	50 km
Múcuro	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	51 km
Guariquén	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	52 km
Guacarapo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	53 km
Yoco	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	54 km
Guaca	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	54 km
Soro	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	56 km
Areo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	56 km
El Cerro	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	58 km
Casanay	Sucre	Venezuela	City	-	62 km
Caño de Cruz	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	62 km
Juan Antonio	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	62 km
La Esmeralda	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	63 km
El Arenal	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	64 km
Los Morros	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	64 km
La Palencia	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	67 km
Guanoco	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	67 km
Campearito	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	67 km
Güiria	Sucre	Venezuela	City	-	69 km
Cabo Blanco	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	69 km

see full list

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
Rio de Agua		10				0	25 km
Carupano	CUP	10	Civ.	Paved	No	6700	39 km
Guiria	GUI	13	Civ.	Paved	No	5100	68 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Carupano	VECUP	Venezuela	38 km
Guiria	VEGUI	Venezuela	70 km
Caripito	VECAR	Venezuela	71 km
Puerto de Hierro	VEPHO	Venezuela	92 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Clavellinos	Cariaco	1967	87 km

More information

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