Overall Green Earthquake alert in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 23 Sep 2016 01:48 UTC

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M 5.1 in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 23 Sep 2016 01:48 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:	5.1M
Depth:	1 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.547 , -62.65
Event Date:	23 Sep 2016 01:48 UTC 22 Sep 2016 21:48 Local
Exposed Population:	159260 people within 100km
Source:	NTWC at00odxp0z
Inserted at:	23 Sep 2016 01:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NTWC	0		0
at00odxp0z	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
1140820		0	23 Sep 2016 01:48	5.1M, 1km	N/A	160 thousand (in 100km)		00:08	NTWC

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 Saint Kitts and Nevis , of St. Kitts & Nevis (population 41,369) . The nearest places are Tabernacle, Mansion, Saddlers, Lodge, Molineux, Dieppe Bay Town, Ottley's, Canyon, Keys, Phillips, and The Valley.

Radius	Population
100 km	160000 people
75 km	110000 people
50 km	62000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
St. Kitts & Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tabernacle	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	22 km
Mansion	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	<1000 people	22 km
Saddlers	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	22 km
Lodge	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	23 km
Molineux	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	23 km
Dieppe Bay Town	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	23 km
Ottley's	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	23 km
Canyon	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	23 km
Keys	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	24 km
Phillips	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	24 km
Saint Paul's	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	1200 people	26 km
Newton Ground	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	28 km
Basseterre	St. Kitts and Nevis	Capital	13000 people	29 km
Fig Tree	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	<1000 people	29 km
Middle Island	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	<1000 people	30 km
Half Way Tree	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	30 km
Boyd's	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	30 km
Sandy Point	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	<1000 people	30 km
Trinity	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	30 km
Challengers	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	31 km
Oranjestad	Netherlands Antilles	Village	1100 people	36 km
Newcastle	St. Kitts and Nevis	City	<1000 people	39 km
Westbury	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	40 km
Fountain	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	41 km
Hick's Village	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	41 km
Cotton Ground	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	<1000 people	42 km
Brink Kiln	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	42 km
Nelson's Spring	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	42 km
Butlers	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	43 km
Jessup's Village	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	43 km
Gustavia	Guadeloupe	City	-	44 km
New River	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	46 km
Zion	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	46 km
Charlestown	St. Kitts and Nevis	City	1500 people	46 km
Taylors Pleasure	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	47 km
Fig Tree	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	47 km
Hanley's Road	St. Kitts and Nevis	Village	-	50 km
Windward Side	Netherlands Antilles	Village	<1000 people	62 km
Point Blanche	Netherlands Antilles	Village	-	66 km
Philipsburg	Netherlands Antilles	City	6400 people	68 km
Fort Amsterdam	Netherlands Antilles	Village	-	68 km
The Valley	Anguilla	Capital	1400 people	87 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
Golden Rock	SKB	52	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	27 km
F D Roosevelt	EUX	38	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4200	35 km
Newcastle	NEV	8	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	38 km
St. Barthelemy	SBH	unknown	Civ.	Paved	No	2100	45 km
Prinses Juliana	SXM	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	73 km
Grand Case	CCE	2	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	75 km
Wallblake	AXA	33	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3600	85 km
Barbuda Codrington	BBQ	unknown				0	92 km
Montserrat Blackburne	MNI	unknown				0	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Basseterre	KNBAS	Saint Kitts and Nevis	29 km
Oranjestad		Netherlands Antilles	36 km
Gustavia	GPGUS	Guadeloupe	45 km
Charlestown	KNNEV	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47 km
Philipsburg	ANPHI	Netherlands Antilles	69 km
Marigot		Guadeloupe	74 km
Blowing Point	AIBLP	Anguilla	84 km
Barbuda	AGBBQ	Antigua and Barbuda	88 km

More information

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