Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru on 29 Aug 2016 10:36 UTC

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M 4.5 in Peru on 29 Aug 2016 10:36 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

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:	80.41 Km
Lat/Lon:	-16.3404 , -72.4435
Event Date:	29 Aug 2016 10:36 UTC 29 Aug 2016 05:36 Local
Exposed Population:	346361 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20006v0t
Inserted at:	29 Aug 2016 11:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us20006v0t	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
1138252		n.a	29 Aug 2016 10:36	4.5M, 80.41km	N/A	350 thousand (in 100km)		00:26	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 Peru , Department of Arequipa (population 1,079,500) . The nearest places are Callan, Mesana, Palo Parado, Corire, Mamas, Arrozal, Cornejo, Aplao, Pachaqui, and El Alto.

Radius	Population
100 km	350000 people
75 km	99000 people
50 km	63000 people
20 km	4000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Arequipa	Peru	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Callan	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	7 km
Mesana	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	8 km
Palo Parado	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	13 km
Corire	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	13 km
Mamas	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	20 km
Arrozal	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	23 km
Cornejo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	29 km
Aplao	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	30 km
Pachaqui	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	30 km
El Alto	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	31 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
Campamento Siguas Majes		1440	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	29 km
Camana		65	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	42 km
Santa Rita de Siguas		1280	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	43 km
Vitor		1542				0	65 km
Huambo		3283	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	76 km
Mariano Melgar		1250				0	77 km
Mollendo		3	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	92 km
Rodriguez Ballon	AQP	2562	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9700	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Matarani	PEMRI	Peru	81 km
Mollendo	PEMLQ	Peru	88 km

More information

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