M 5.3 in Panama on 29 Mar 2017 03:49 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: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.318 , -82.5045
Event Date: 29 Mar 2017 03:49 UTC
28 Mar 2017 21:49 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20008vha
Inserted at: 29 Mar 2017 04:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Panama)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008vha 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
1162076 0 29 Mar 2017 03:49 5.3M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:11 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 Panama , Province of Veraguas (population 220,203) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Veraguas Panama 220000 people
Los Santos Panama 83000 people
Chiriqui Panama 390000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica 380000 people
Herrera Panama 100000 people
Bocas del Toro Panama 100000 people
Cocle Panama 190000 people
Colon Panama 180000 people
Limon Costa Rica 260000 people
San Jose Costa Rica 1.2 million people
Panama Panama 1.2 million people
Cartago Costa Rica 350000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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