Overall Green Earthquake alert in Jamaica on 19 Aug 2017 20:26 UTC

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M 4.7 in Jamaica on 19 Aug 2017 20:26 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:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.0301 , -79.7787
Event Date:	19 Aug 2017 20:26 UTC 19 Aug 2017 15:26 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000a9s3
Inserted at:	19 Aug 2017 22:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Jamaica)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000a9s3	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
1177986		0	19 Aug 2017 20:26	4.7M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		01:51	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 Jamaica , Parish of Westmoreland (population 131,546) .

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
Westmoreland	Jamaica	130000 people
Hanover	Jamaica	68000 people
Saint Elizabeth	Jamaica	150000 people
Saint James	Jamaica	160000 people
Cayman Is.	Cayman Islands	32000 people
Trelawny	Jamaica	73000 people
Manchester	Jamaica	170000 people
Clarendon	Jamaica	220000 people
Saint Ann	Jamaica	150000 people
Saint Catherine	Jamaica	370000 people
Saint Mary	Jamaica	110000 people
Granma	Cuba	830000 people
Saint Andrew	Jamaica	550000 people
Kingston	Jamaica	100000 people
Portland	Jamaica	78000 people
Saint Thomas	Jamaica	86000 people
Camaguey	Cuba	780000 people
Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	1 million people
Las Tunas	Cuba	520000 people
Sancti Spiritus	Cuba	450000 people
Ciego de Avila	Cuba	390000 people
Cienfuegos	Cuba	380000 people
Villa Clara	Cuba	840000 people
Holguin	Cuba	1 million people
Matanzas	Cuba	640000 people
Isla de la Juventud	Cuba	78000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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