Overall Green Earthquake alert in Puerto Rico on 05 Dec 2016 14:29 UTC

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M 4.6 in Puerto Rico on 05 Dec 2016 14:29 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:	4 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.919 , -65.8795
Event Date:	05 Dec 2016 14:29 UTC 05 Dec 2016 10:29 Local
Exposed Population:	2788032 people within 100km
Source:	PRICO RS pr16340016
Inserted at:	05 Dec 2016 15:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
PRICO RS	0		0
pr16340016	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
1149291	05 Dec 2016 14:29	4.5M, 13km	N/A	2.7 million (in 100km)	00:04	NTWC
1149296	05 Dec 2016 14:29	4.6M, 1km	N/A	2.7 million (in 100km)	00:28	PRICO RS
1149299	05 Dec 2016 14:29	4.6M, 4km	N/A	2.8 million (in 100km)	01:10	PRICO RS

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 Puerto Rico , District of Guayama. The nearest places are Recio, Emajagua, Maunabo, Palo Seco, Lamboglia, Providencia, El Negro, Playita, Yabucoa, Palmas, and Orocovis.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.7 million people
75 km	2.2 million people
50 km	610000 people
20 km	12000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guayama	Puerto Rico	-
Humacao	Puerto Rico	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Recio	Patillas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	17 km
Emajagua	Maunabo	Puerto Rico	Village	3100 people	18 km
Maunabo	Maunabo	Puerto Rico	Village	2100 people	20 km
Palo Seco	Maunabo	Puerto Rico	Village	1200 people	20 km
Lamboglia	Patillas	Puerto Rico	Village	1100 people	20 km
Providencia	Patillas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
El Negro	Yabucoa	Puerto Rico	Village	1700 people	22 km
Playita	Yabucoa	Puerto Rico	Village	2200 people	22 km
Yabucoa	Yabucoa	Puerto Rico	Village	6600 people	23 km
Palmas	Arroyo	Puerto Rico	Village	2800 people	23 km
Patillas	Patillas	Puerto Rico	Village	4100 people	24 km
Arroyo	Arroyo	Puerto Rico	Village	7200 people	25 km
Rosa Sanchez	Yabucoa	Puerto Rico	Village	-	25 km
Playa de Guayanes	Yabucoa	Puerto Rico	Village	-	25 km
Buena Vista	Arroyo	Puerto Rico	Village	2000 people	26 km
Martorell	Yabucoa	Puerto Rico	Village	2900 people	26 km
Comunas	Yabucoa	Puerto Rico	Village	2000 people	28 km
Palmas del Mar	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	28 km
Green Hills	Guayama	Puerto Rico	Village	-	28 km
Corazon	Guayama	Puerto Rico	Village	-	28 km
Playita Machete	Guayama	Puerto Rico	Village	-	29 km
Yaurel	Arroyo	Puerto Rico	Village	1500 people	29 km
Candelero Arriba	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	1300 people	29 km
Guayama	Guayama	Puerto Rico	Village	22000 people	30 km
Olimpo	Guayama	Puerto Rico	Village	2500 people	31 km
Buena Vista	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	31 km
Reunion	Guayama	Puerto Rico	Village	-	32 km
Jobos	Guayama	Puerto Rico	Village	3500 people	34 km
Humacao	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	21000 people	35 km
Rio Abajo	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	35 km
Estadio	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	35 km
Villodas	Guayama	Puerto Rico	Village	-	36 km
Bajandas	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	1400 people	37 km
Campamento Guavate	Cayey	Puerto Rico	Village	-	37 km
La Fermina	Las Piedras	Puerto Rico	Village	3200 people	37 km
Las Piedras	Las Piedras	Puerto Rico	Village	6400 people	38 km
Punta Santiago	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	5800 people	38 km
La Plaza	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	38 km
San Lorenzo	San Lorenzo	Puerto Rico	Village	8900 people	38 km
Jagual	San Lorenzo	Puerto Rico	Village	1400 people	38 km
Pitahaya	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	38 km
Playa de Humacao	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	38 km
Anton Ruiz	Humacao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	39 km
San Felipe	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	39 km
Jajome	Cayey	Puerto Rico	Village	-	39 km
Central Aguirre	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	1600 people	40 km
Quemados	San Lorenzo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	40 km
G. L. Garcia	Cayey	Puerto Rico	Village	-	40 km
Aponte	San Lorenzo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	40 km
El Naranjito	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	41 km
Boqueron	Las Piedras	Puerto Rico	Village	-	41 km
Coqui	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	41 km
Virginia Valley	Juncos	Puerto Rico	Village	-	41 km
Pena Pobre	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	42 km
Rio Blanco	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	42 km
La Plena	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	1000 people	42 km
Campamento Punta Lima	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	42 km
La Pradera	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	42 km
Beatriz	Cidra	Puerto Rico	Village	-	43 km
Juncos	Juncos	Puerto Rico	Village	9000 people	43 km
Pueblito del Rio	Las Piedras	Puerto Rico	Village	-	43 km
Esperanza	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	43 km
Boulevardo Tomas de Castro II	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	43 km
Cayey	Cayey	Puerto Rico	Village	20000 people	44 km
El Mango	Juncos	Puerto Rico	Village	-	44 km
Naguabo	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	4400 people	44 km
Estacion Botija	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	44 km
Alatos de Fuente	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	45 km
Rabo del Buey	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	45 km
Florida	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	45 km
Maizales	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	45 km
La Jurado	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	45 km
Coco	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	5800 people	45 km
Cantagallo	Juncos	Puerto Rico	Village	-	45 km
Bayamon	Cidra	Puerto Rico	Village	1700 people	45 km
Parcelas Nuevas	Cidra	Puerto Rico	Village	1600 people	46 km
Vazquez	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	46 km
Toita	Cayey	Puerto Rico	Village	-	47 km
Daguao	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	1500 people	47 km
Bonneville	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	47 km
Caguas	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	89000 people	47 km
El Banco	Naguabo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	47 km
Condado Moderno	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	47 km
Gurabo	Gurabo	Puerto Rico	Village	9000 people	47 km
Lomas	Canovanas	Puerto Rico	Village	<1000 people	48 km
Maria Jimenez	Gurabo	Puerto Rico	Village	-	48 km
Salinas	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	6100 people	48 km
Benitez	Canovanas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	48 km
Hacienda Arcadia	Ceiba	Puerto Rico	Village	-	48 km
Cidra	Cidra	Puerto Rico	Village	4900 people	48 km
Celada	Gurabo	Puerto Rico	Village	4400 people	49 km
Arboteda	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	49 km
Sumidero	Aguas Buenas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	50 km
Parcelas la Milagrosa	Cidra	Puerto Rico	Village	1300 people	50 km
Aguas Claras	Ceiba	Puerto Rico	Village	3500 people	50 km
Las Ochenta	Salinas	Puerto Rico	Village	1200 people	50 km
Bairoa	Caguas	Puerto Rico	Village	2400 people	50 km
Rodriguez Hevia	Cidra	Puerto Rico	Village	-	50 km
Esperanza	Ceiba	Puerto Rico	Village	1100 people	50 km
La Guaba	Aibonito	Puerto Rico	Village	-	51 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
Patillas		3				0	22 km
Humacao		10				0	34 km
Boqueron		114				0	40 km
Vieques	VQS	14	Civ.	Paved	No	3400	51 km
Roosevelt Roads Ns	NRR	12	Mil.	Paved	Yes	11000	52 km
Baxter-Aibonito		560				0	53 km
Diego Jimenez Torres	FAJ	20	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	56 km
Camp Garcia Vieques		14				0	56 km
Santa Isabel		8				0	57 km
Fajardo Harbor		unknown				0	60 km
Bayamon Regional Hospital		34				0	65 km
Prasa-Barbosa		50				0	66 km
Luis Munoz Marin International	SJU	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	68 km
Prtc Office Building		53				0	68 km
Prasa - La Plata		110				0	69 km
Rexach Office Building		18				0	69 km
Fort Allen		6				0	70 km
Orocovis Health Center		523				0	70 km
State Government Number One		82				0	70 km
Isla Grande	SIG	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	72 km
Mercedita	PSE	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6900	76 km
Benjamin Rivera Noriega	CPX	15				0	79 km
Dorado		23				0	82 km
Orama-Layuya		446				0	90 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Maunabo		Puerto Rico	18 km
Yabucoa	PRPYA	Puerto Rico	23 km
Arroyo		Puerto Rico	24 km
Las Mareas		Puerto Rico	33 km
Las Mareas (Guayama)	PRLAM	Puerto Rico	38 km
Puerto de Humacao		Puerto Rico	38 km
Naguabo		Puerto Rico	42 km
Ensenada Honda		Puerto Rico	50 km
Isabel Segunda		Puerto Rico	56 km
Fajardo		Puerto Rico	60 km
San Juan	PRSJU	Puerto Rico	70 km
Ponce	PRPSE	Puerto Rico	83 km
Culebra		Puerto Rico	87 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Patillas	Rio Grande de Patillas	1914	25 km
Carite	La Plata	1913	36 km
La Plata	La Plata	1974	68 km
Toa Vaca Dam	Toa Vaca	1972	71 km
Caonillas	Caonillas	1948	96 km

More information

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