Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 15 Feb 2017 15:51 UTC

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M 4.6 in Argentina on 15 Feb 2017 15:51 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:	11.38 Km
Lat/Lon:	-33.2251 , -69.5936
Event Date:	15 Feb 2017 15:51 UTC 15 Feb 2017 12:51 Local
Exposed Population:	1190000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008jzz
Inserted at:	15 Feb 2017 23:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.7 (Argentina)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Argentina= 3.7; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20008jzz	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
1157577		0	15 Feb 2017 15:51	4.6M, 11.38km	N/A	1.2 million (in 100km)		07:26	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 Argentina , Province of Mendoza (population 1,463,642) . The nearest places are Estancia Silva, Estancia la Pampa, San José, Baños del Tupungato, Punta de Vacas, Tupungato, Villa Bastía, Potrerillos, Polvaredas, Cacheuta, and Mendoza.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.2 million people
75 km	130000 people
50 km	22000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mendoza	Argentina	1.5 million people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	5.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Estancia Silva	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	30 km
Estancia la Pampa	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	39 km
San José	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	41 km
Baños del Tupungato	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	41 km
Punta de Vacas	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	45 km
Tupungato	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	45 km
Villa Bastía	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	45 km
Potrerillos	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	47 km
Polvaredas	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	49 km
Cacheuta	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	50 km
Guido	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	53 km
Villa Seca	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	54 km
Puente del Inca	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	55 km
Puente Salinillas	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	59 km
La Yesera	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	59 km
Haras General Las Heras	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	60 km
Las Compuertas	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	61 km
Colonia Las Rosas	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	61 km
Farellones	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Alfalfal	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Anchoris	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Vista Flores	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Eva Perón	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	63 km
Estación Uspallata	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	65 km
Ugarteche	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	65 km
Agrelo	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	66 km
Villa Paulina	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Tunuyán	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	67 km
Perdrel	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	67 km
Campo Los Andes	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	67 km
Portillo	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	67 km
El Juncal	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Caracoles	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Capacho	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	-	68 km
Alto de la Posada	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Luján	Mendoza	Argentina	Village	70000 people	70 km
Mendoza	Mendoza	Argentina	Major city	880000 people	80 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
La Consulta		1050				0	68 km
La Puntilla		830				0	73 km
Aeroparque Ciudad Mendoza		807	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	78 km
El Plumerillo	MDZ	706	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	87 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Potrerillos	Potrerillos	Mendoza	n/a	50 km
Yeso	Yeso	Yeso	1967	67 km
	El Carrizal	Tunuyan	1972	81 km

More information

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