Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru on 21 Mar 2017 04:29 UTC

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M 4.8 in Peru on 21 Mar 2017 04:29 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:	4.8M
Depth:	27.84 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.6911 , -80.8815
Event Date:	21 Mar 2017 04:29 UTC 20 Mar 2017 23:29 Local
Exposed Population:	440000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008tgi
Inserted at:	21 Mar 2017 04:54 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	0.1		0.1
us20008tgi	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
1161257		0.1	21 Mar 2017 04:29	4.8M, 27.84km	N/A	440 thousand (in 100km)		00:24	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 Peru , Department of Tumbes (population 161,200) . The nearest places are Cardalito, Bocapán, Canoas, Pedregal, Zapotal, Zorritos, Serrano, Ánimas, Plateritos, Cancas, and El Bendito.

Radius	Population
100 km	440000 people
75 km	270000 people
50 km	100000 people
20 km	1200 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tumbes	Peru	160000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cardalito	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	15 km
Bocapán	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	17 km
Canoas	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	21 km
Pedregal	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	23 km
Zapotal	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	24 km
Zorritos	Tumbes	Peru	Village	12000 people	25 km
Serrano	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	27 km
Ánimas	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	29 km
Plateritos	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	30 km
Cancas	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	30 km
Cruz de Pizarro	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	32 km
Charán	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	33 km
Cañaveral	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	38 km
La Bocana	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	38 km
Carrizal	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	38 km
El Gigante	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	40 km
Charralique	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	41 km
La Bocana	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	41 km
Sapotito	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	42 km
Tigres	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	44 km
El Caucho	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	44 km
Canovitas	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	45 km
Ciénago	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	45 km
Brunos	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	46 km
Corrales	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	46 km
Ucumares	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	47 km
Chacritas	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	48 km
Barrancos	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	48 km
El Prado	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	48 km
Tumbes	Tumbes	Peru	City	110000 people	49 km
Negrital	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	50 km
El Álamo	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	50 km
Máncora	Piura	Peru	City	8500 people	51 km
Tacural	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	51 km
Chicama	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	52 km
El Rincón	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	53 km
El Sauce	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	53 km
La Tranca	Piura	Peru	Village	-	54 km
El Huasimo	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	54 km
Rastrojos	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	55 km
Puesto Teniente Astete	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	60 km
Puerto Pizarro	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	60 km
Ceresito	Piura	Peru	Village	-	60 km
Progreso	Loja	Ecuador	Village	-	61 km
Las Pampas	Loja	Ecuador	Village	-	61 km
San Martín	Piura	Peru	Village	-	61 km
Cazaderos	Piura	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Las Peñas	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Tunal	Piura	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Cabo Inga	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	65 km
Yerba Buena	Piura	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Cochas	Tumbes	Peru	Village	-	67 km
Catanas	Loja	Ecuador	Village	-	68 km
Zarumilla	Tumbes	Peru	Village	17000 people	69 km
El Bendito	Tumbes	Peru	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
Pedro Canga	TBP	25	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	8200	58 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Zorritos	PEZOR	Peru	25 km
Los Organos	PELOO	Peru	59 km
Cabo Blanco	PECAB	Peru	76 km
Caleta Lobitos		Peru	96 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Tahuin	Arenillas	1988	98 km

More information

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