Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 06 Feb 2017 13:02 UTC

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M 5.4 in Colombia on 06 Feb 2017 13:02 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:	5.4M
Depth:	32.02 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.4295 , -74.652
Event Date:	06 Feb 2017 13:02 UTC 06 Feb 2017 08:02 Local
Exposed Population:	1130000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008hx7
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2017 15:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
us20008hx7	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
1156453		0.8	06 Feb 2017 13:02	5.6M, 37.33km	4.08	1.1 million (in 100km)		00:21	NEIC
1156486		0.6	06 Feb 2017 13:02	5.4M, 32.02km	4.08	1.1 million (in 100km)		02:21	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

The earthquake happened in Colombia , Department of Huila (population 805,087) . The nearest places are Galilea, Montecillos, El Valle, Florida, San Marcos, Legiosa, Colombia, Ambicá, El Saldo, Santa Ana, and La Chamba.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	260000 people
50 km	56000 people
20 km	9000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Huila	Colombia	810000 people
Meta	Colombia	590000 people
Tolima	Colombia	1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Galilea	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	6 km
Montecillos	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	7 km
El Valle	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	7 km
Florida	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
San Marcos	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
Legiosa	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
Colombia	Huila	Colombia	Village	2400 people	17 km
Ambicá	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
El Saldo	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Santa Ana	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Santa Elena	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Papelito	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
Los Medios	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
El Playón	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
Legia	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
La Palma	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
San Roque	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
La Arada	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
La Laguna	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Las Minas	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Arauca	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
San Andrés	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Carman	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Rionegro	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Palestina	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Río Negro	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Buenavista	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Dolores	Tolima	Colombia	Village	3700 people	30 km
Monguí	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
La Ranrada	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Los Ríos	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	31 km
Alpujara	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
Aguas Claras	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
Albania	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
La Caucha	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Japón	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
El Mirador	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
La Ensillada	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Bermejo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Santa Teresa	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	36 km
El Ojito	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
El Pedregal	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
La Florida	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Uribe	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Mirolindo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Santander	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Los Andes	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Aco Nuevo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Delicias	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Gaitán	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Puerto Crevaux	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
El Carmen	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Aguablanca	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Los Cauchos	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
La Esperanza	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Monte Frio	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
La Soledad	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
El Volador	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Patla	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
El Valle	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Samaria	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Primavera	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
La Bolsa	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Los Laureles	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Agua Caliente	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Puerto Lleras	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Bejucal	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Las Mamoncillos	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Villa Luz	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
El Salero	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
La Baradera	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Batalla	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Soto	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Los Guacharacos	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Prado	Tolima	Colombia	Village	3500 people	47 km
El Porvenir	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Tres Esquinas	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Hacienda Yavi	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Pueblo Azul	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
El Guape	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Mercadillo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Armenia	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
La Bodega	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Anacarco	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	50 km
El Dinde	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	50 km
La Esperanza	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
La Colonia	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
La Gutierrez	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Granada	Distrito Capital	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Hiiarco Guayaquil	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Velu	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Boca de Hilarco	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Anchique	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Núñez	Cundinamarca	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
La Amargura	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Los Juntas	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Coruntal	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Lozanía	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Natagaima	Tolima	Colombia	Village	11000 people	54 km
El Salitre	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	54 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
Uribe	URI	unknown				0	37 km
Lamacarena	LMC	unknown				0	87 km
Luis F Pinto		320				0	87 km
Benito Salas	NVA	439	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5200	89 km
Tolemaida		518				0	90 km
Santiago Vila	GIR	285	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5200	95 km
Gen Navas Pardo	CPL	832	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	96 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Prado	Prado	1971	45 km

More information

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