M 4.8 in Peru on 31 Jan 2017 23:38 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: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -3.3199 , -76.9274
Event Date: 31 Jan 2017 23:38 UTC
31 Jan 2017 18:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 27000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007wj0
Inserted at: 01 Feb 2017 00:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Peru)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Peru= 4.6; Ecuador= 4.3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007wj0 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1155861 0 31 Jan 2017 23:38 4.8M, 47.32km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 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

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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