Overall Green Earthquake alert in Cuba on 20 Jun 2017 19:01 UTC

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M 4.5 in Cuba on 20 Jun 2017 19:01 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:	4.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.4122 , -74.149
Event Date:	20 Jun 2017 19:01 UTC 20 Jun 2017 14:01 Local
Exposed Population:	320000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20009nru
Inserted at:	20 Jun 2017 19:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.4 (Haiti)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Haiti= 7.4; Cuba= 3.1

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20009nru	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
1171380		0	20 Jun 2017 19:01	4.5M, 10km	N/A	320 thousand (in 100km)		00:31	NEIC

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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 Cuba , Province of Guantanamo (population 520,002) .

Radius	Population
100 km	320000 people
75 km	<1000 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
Guantanamo	Cuba	520000 people
Nord-Ouest	Haiti	400000 people
Grand Anse	Haiti	-
Ouest	Haiti	2.3 million people
Artibonite	Haiti	960000 people
Guantanamo Bay	United States	-
Sud	Haiti	630000 people
Holguin	Cuba	1 million people
Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	1 million people
Nord	Haiti	720000 people
Sud-Est	Haiti	440000 people
Bahamas	Bahamas	270000 people
Centre	Haiti	470000 people
Nord-Est	Haiti	-
Granma	Cuba	830000 people
Independencia	Dominican Republic	47000 people
Monte Cristi	Dominican Republic	100000 people
Dajabon	Dominican Republic	69000 people
La Estrelleta	Dominican Republic	65000 people
Portland	Jamaica	78000 people
San Juan	Dominican Republic	290000 people
Saint Thomas	Jamaica	86000 people
Santiago Rodrigu	Dominican Republic	67000 people
Baoruco	Dominican Republic	95000 people
Pedernales	Dominican Republic	20000 people
Las Tunas	Cuba	520000 people
Saint Mary	Jamaica	110000 people
Santiago	Dominican Republic	760000 people
Saint Andrew	Jamaica	550000 people
Valverde	Dominican Republic	120000 people
Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	250000 people
Barahona	Dominican Republic	160000 people
Kingston	Jamaica	100000 people
Saint Catherine	Jamaica	370000 people
Saint Ann	Jamaica	150000 people
Azua	Dominican Republic	210000 people
La Vega	Dominican Republic	310000 people
Clarendon	Jamaica	220000 people
Turks & Caicos Is.	Turks and Caicos Islands	15000 people
Trelawny	Jamaica	73000 people
Camaguey	Cuba	780000 people
Espaillat	Dominican Republic	200000 people
Peravia	Dominican Republic	200000 people
Manchester	Jamaica	170000 people
Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	150000 people
Salcedo	Dominican Republic	120000 people
Saint James	Jamaica	160000 people
Saint Elizabeth	Jamaica	150000 people
Duarte	Dominican Republic	280000 people
Sanchez Ramirez	Dominican Republic	150000 people
San Cristobal	Dominican Republic	170000 people
Westmoreland	Jamaica	130000 people
Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	110000 people
Hanover	Jamaica	68000 people
Maria Trinidad S	Dominican Republic	140000 people
Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	2.8 million people
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	1.6 million people
Samana	Dominican Republic	79000 people

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
Jeremie	JEE	45	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	83 km
Punta de Maisi	UMA	unknown				0	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Jeremie	HTJEE	Haiti	85 km

More information

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