Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nicaragua on 10 Jun 2016 03:45 UTC

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M 4.6 in Nicaragua on 10 Jun 2016 03:45 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.8735 , -86.9476
Event Date:	10 Jun 2016 03:45 UTC 09 Jun 2016 21:45 Local
Exposed Population:	1958929 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us200063db
Inserted at:	10 Jun 2016 04:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us200063db	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
1130711		0	10 Jun 2016 03:45	4.6M, 10km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)		00:26	NEIC

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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 Nicaragua , Department of Chinandega (population 364,428) . The nearest places are Managua, Tegucigalpa, La Calera, Olomega, La Canoa, Somotillo, Villa Nueva, El Puente, San Ramï¿½n, El Algodï¿½n, and Mokorï¿½n.

Radius	Population
100 km	2 million people
75 km	1.4 million people
50 km	810000 people
20 km	51000 people
10 km	13000 people
5 km	4400 people
2 km	1700 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chinandega	Nicaragua	360000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	380000 people
Choluteca	Honduras	360000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cayanlipe	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	5 km
El Puente	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	9 km
San Ramï¿½n	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	10 km
Delicias	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	11 km
La Canoa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	15 km
Mokorï¿½n	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	15 km
Olomega	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	17 km
El Algodï¿½n	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	17 km
Villa Nueva	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	5500 people	18 km
La Calera	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	19 km
Somotillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	15000 people	19 km
El Castaï¿½o	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	19 km
Managua	Managua	Nicaragua	Capital	970000 people	109 km
Tegucigalpa	Francisco Morazï¿½n	Honduras	Capital	850000 people	139 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
Fanor Urroz		100					49 km
San Lorenzo		20					84 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Corinto	NICIO	Nicaragua	50 km
Puerto Sandino	NIPSN	Nicaragua	77 km

More information

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