Overall Green Earthquake alert in Honduras on 02 Feb 2016 19:36 UTC

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M 4.8 in Honduras on 02 Feb 2016 19:36 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:	4.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.8625 , -86.1983
Event Date:	02 Feb 2016 19:36 UTC 02 Feb 2016 13:36 Local
Exposed Population:	About 37076 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	03 Feb 2016 17:33 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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1118330	02 Feb 2016 19:36	4.8M, 10km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)	03:38	NEIC
1118376	02 Feb 2016 19:36	4.7M, 10km	N/A	40 thousand (in 100km)	21:41	NEIC
1118377	02 Feb 2016 19:36	4.8M, 10km	N/A	40 thousand (in 100km)	21:56	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 Honduras , Department of Islas de la Bahia (population 26,532) . The nearest places are Alligartor Nose, Black Rock, Roatï¿½n, Crawfish Rock, Red Cliff, Second Bight, Barbareta, Santa Elena, Guanaja, Antoneys Cay, and Calabash Bight.

Radius	Population
100 km	59000 people
75 km	36000 people
50 km	18000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Islas de la Bahia	Honduras	27000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Alligartor Nose	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	-	31 km
Santa Elena	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	-	34 km
Calabash Bight	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	-	34 km
Barbareta	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	-	35 km
Second Bight	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	-	38 km
Crawfish Rock	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	-	42 km
Roatï¿½n	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	6800 people	49 km
Red Cliff	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	-	50 km
Black Rock	Islas de la Bahï¿½a	Honduras	Village	-	51 km
Guanaja	Islas de la Bahia	Honduras	Village	1900 people	52 km
Antoneys Cay	Islas de la Bahia	Honduras	Village	-	53 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
Roatan Island	RTB	2	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6300	50 km
Guanaja	GJA	11					52 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Coxen Bay		Honduras	52 km
Guanaja Island	HNGJA	Honduras	53 km

More information

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