Overall Green Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 15 Jan 2017 09:44 UTC

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M 4.6 in Ecuador on 15 Jan 2017 09:44 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:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.1602 , -80.6517
Event Date:	15 Jan 2017 09:44 UTC 15 Jan 2017 04:44 Local
Exposed Population:	800000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007tdb
Inserted at:	15 Jan 2017 10:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007tdb	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1154060		0	15 Jan 2017 09:44	4.6M, 35.57km	N/A	800 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	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 Ecuador , Province of Manabi (population 1,133,452) . The nearest places are El Rosario, Puerto Cabuyal, El Paraíso, Jama, Pinquigua, Canoa, Las Flores, Rosa Blanca, San Vicente, Bahía de Caráquez, and Convento.

Radius	Population
100 km	800000 people
75 km	140000 people
50 km	26000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Manabi	Ecuador	1.1 million people
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	340000 people
Pichincha	Ecuador	1.9 million people
Guayas	Ecuador	2.8 million people
Los Rios	Ecuador	580000 people
Cotopaxi	Ecuador	300000 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	290000 people
Bolivar	Ecuador	170000 people
Tungurahua	Ecuador	420000 people
Chimborazo	Ecuador	400000 people
Napo	Ecuador	200000 people
Narino	Colombia	1.2 million people
Carchi	Ecuador	160000 people
Canar	Ecuador	210000 people
Pastaza	Ecuador	46000 people
Azuay	Ecuador	560000 people
Morona-Santiago	Ecuador	93000 people
Sucumbios	Ecuador	77000 people
El Oro	Ecuador	450000 people
Tumbes	Peru	160000 people
Loja	Ecuador	420000 people
Zamora-Chinchipe	Ecuador	73000 people
Putumayo	Colombia	230000 people
Cauca	Colombia	960000 people
Piura	Peru	1.7 million people
Amazonas	Peru	370000 people
Loreto	Peru	720000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Rosario	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Puerto Cabuyal	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	36 km
El Paraíso	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	36 km
Jama	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	43 km
Pinquigua	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	45 km
Canoa	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	47 km
Las Flores	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	52 km
Rosa Blanca	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	54 km
San Vicente	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	55 km
Bahía de Caráquez	Manabí	Ecuador	City	24000 people	55 km
San Isidro	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	58 km
Leonidas Plaza	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	58 km
Laguna	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	58 km
Cabuyal	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	58 km
San Agustín	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	62 km
San Pedro	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	63 km
Coaque	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	64 km
La Chonta	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	64 km
Los Liberales	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	64 km
Santa Rosa	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	64 km
Diez de Agosto	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	65 km
Salinas	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	67 km
San Clemente	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	67 km
Eloy Alfaro	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	69 km
E. Alfaro	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	69 km
Boyacá	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	70 km
Corono	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	70 km
Palmas	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	70 km
Convento	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	70 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
Los Perales	BHA	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4400	56 km
Pedernales		20				0	71 km
Eloy Alfaro	MEC	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9300	87 km
Reales Tamarindos	PVO	44	Civ.	Paved	No	7200	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bahia de Caraquez		Ecuador	56 km
Manta	ECMEC	Ecuador	87 km
Cojimies		Ecuador	91 km

More information

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