Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru on 25 Mar 2017 18:06 UTC

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M 4.8 in Peru on 25 Mar 2017 18:06 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:	24.34 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.6111 , -77.0049
Event Date:	25 Mar 2017 18:06 UTC 25 Mar 2017 13:06 Local
Exposed Population:	About 51000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008umq
Inserted at:	25 Mar 2017 18:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20008umq	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
1161730		0	25 Mar 2017 18:06	4.8M, 24.34km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)		00:29	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 Loreto (population 720,100) . The nearest places are Puerto América, Puerto Limón, Estrella, Santa Bárbara, Lupuna, La Draga, Ugarte, Porvenir, Barranca, San Salvador, and Borja.

Radius	Population
100 km	51000 people
75 km	33000 people
50 km	13000 people
20 km	1300 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Loreto	Peru	720000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Puerto América	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	14 km
Puerto Limón	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	25 km
Estrella	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	30 km
Santa Bárbara	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	31 km
Lupuna	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	33 km
La Draga	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	35 km
Ugarte	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	37 km
Porvenir	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	42 km
Barranca	Loreto	Peru	Village	5700 people	42 km
San Salvador	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	43 km
Ayar Manco	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	44 km
Tierra Blanca	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	45 km
Puerto Díaz	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	47 km
Esperanza	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	48 km
Santa Belem	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	48 km
Santa Teresa	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	49 km
Puerto Diego Ríos	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	49 km
San Pedro	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	51 km
San Juan	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	54 km
Ideal	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	55 km
Dos de Mayo	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	55 km
Eureka	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	56 km
Barranquita	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	62 km
Aripari	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	63 km
San José	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Borja	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	64 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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