M 4.6 in El Salvador on 29 Aug 2016 13:05 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: 4.6M
Depth: 12.12 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.0827 , -89.6436
Event Date: 29 Aug 2016 13:05 UTC
29 Aug 2016 07:05 Local
Exposed Population:
6482289 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20006v1e
Inserted at: 29 Aug 2016 14:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006v1e 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
1138263 0 29 Aug 2016 13:05 4.6M, 12.12km N/A 6.5 million (in 100km) 01:36 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 Santa Ana (population 522,090) . The nearest places are Candelaria de La Frontera, Caserío San José Los Pinalitos, El Coco, El Sauce, El Paraíso, Las Piletas, La Pitahaya, Omoa, La Esmeralda, and Atescatempa.

Radius Population
100 km 6.6 million people
75 km 4.7 million people
50 km 1.9 million people
20 km 530000 people
10 km 59000 people
5 km 16000 people
2 km 4300 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Santa Ana El Salvador 520000 people
Jutiapa Guatemala 430000 people
Ahuachapan El Salvador 300000 people
Sonsonate El Salvador 400000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Candelaria de La Frontera Santa Ana El Salvador Village 6200 people 2 km
Caserío San José Los Pinalitos Santa Ana El Salvador Village - 6 km
El Coco Santa Ana El Salvador Village - 6 km
El Sauce Santa Ana El Salvador Village - 9 km
El Paraíso Santa Ana El Salvador Village - 9 km
Las Piletas Santa Ana El Salvador Village - 11 km
La Pitahaya Jutiapa Guatemala Village - 11 km
Omoa Santa Ana El Salvador Village - 11 km
La Esmeralda Jutiapa Guatemala Village - 12 km
Atescatempa Jutiapa Guatemala Village 11000 people 12 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
Rio Sucio Highway Strip 491 0 48 km
Ilopango International 616 Civ. Paved Yes 7300 73 km
Chiquimula CIQ unknown 0 78 km
El Salvador International SAL 31 Civ. Paved Yes 10500 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Acajutla SVAQJ El Salvador 61 km
La Libertad SVLLD El Salvador 78 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Cerron Grande Lempa 1973 80 km

More information

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