Overall Green Earthquake alert in Panama on 17 Dec 2017 06:53 UTC

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M 4.5 in Panama on 17 Dec 2017 06:53 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:	7.3857 , -80.1761
Event Date:	17 Dec 2017 06:53 UTC 17 Dec 2017 01:53 Local
Exposed Population:	210000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000c5d6
Inserted at:	17 Dec 2017 07:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4 (Panama)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000c5d6	Scaled population (vector)	5.3
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1191325		0	17 Dec 2017 06:53	4.5M, 10km	N/A	210 thousand (in 100km)		00:50	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 Los Santos (population 82,929) . The nearest places are Calabacito, Las Escobas del Venado, Los Panamaes, Calabazo, Los Asientos, El Paradero, Solano, Limón, Agua Buena, Punta Mala, and Chitré.

Radius	Population
100 km	210000 people
75 km	170000 people
50 km	54000 people
20 km	3500 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Los Santos	Panama	83000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Calabacito	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	4 km
Las Escobas del Venado	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	6 km
Los Panamaes	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	12 km
Calabazo	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	13 km
Los Asientos	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	15 km
El Paradero	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	17 km
Solano	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	18 km
Limón	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	20 km
Agua Buena	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	20 km
Punta Mala	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	21 km
Búcaro	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	22 km
Pedasí	Los Santos	Panama	Village	1900 people	22 km
Buenos Aires	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	23 km
Cirgüelera	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	24 km
Mariabé	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	25 km
Bajo Corral	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	26 km
Cacaito	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	26 km
Paritilla	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	27 km
Juárez	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	28 km
El Cacao	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	29 km
Tonosí	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	29 km
La Bonita de Las Flores	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	30 km
Ojo de Agua	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	30 km
Punta del Tigre	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	30 km
Pocrí	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	31 km
Valle Rico	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	32 km
El Bajito	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	33 km
Ave María	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	33 km
San José	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	33 km
El Muñoz	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	36 km
La Corotúa	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	36 km
El Coro	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	36 km
Cambutal	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	36 km
La Prieta	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	38 km
La Candeleria	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	38 km
Llano del Río	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	39 km
Los Maquencales	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	39 km
Buena Vista	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	40 km
Jobero	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	41 km
Río Abajo	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	42 km
Las Estancias	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	43 km
Guarico	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	43 km
Las Tablas	Los Santos	Panama	Major city	8500 people	43 km
Barrancón	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	44 km
La Pita	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	45 km
Horcones	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	46 km
La Pava	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	46 km
La Guaca	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	47 km
El Cañafisto	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	48 km
El Pontón	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	49 km
El Jobo	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	49 km
Agua Caliente	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	49 km
Guararé	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	49 km
Quebrada Arriba	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	50 km
Bajo de Güera	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	51 km
Llano Abajo	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	51 km
Sabana Grande	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	54 km
El Pilón	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	54 km
Tebarito	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	55 km
Guevara	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	56 km
Macaracas	Los Santos	Panama	Village	2200 people	56 km
Los Atrales	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	57 km
Macaradas	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	57 km
Anonal	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	57 km
La Cimarronera	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	60 km
Tolú Arriba	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	60 km
La Mina	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	62 km
El Guayabo	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	63 km
El Ejido	Los Santos	Panama	Village	1100 people	63 km
Jobo Dulce	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	64 km
El Melón	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	64 km
La Llana Abajo	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	64 km
Bayano	Los Santos	Panama	Village	-	65 km
Viejo	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	66 km
Bijao	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Alto del Cañafístulo	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Cañablancal	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
Los Pozo	Herrera	Panama	Village	-	68 km
Los Planes	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	70 km
Chitré	Herrera	Panama	Major city	7900 people	70 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Distance
Augusto Vergara		21	53 km
Chitre	CTD	3	71 km
La Plantacion		10	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Pedasi		Panama	36 km
Aguadulce	PAAGD	Panama	98 km

More information

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