Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nicaragua on 19 Aug 2019 11:37 UTC

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M 4.8 in Nicaragua on 19 Aug 2019 11:37 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:	83.28 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.5916 , -87.5317
Event Date:	19 Aug 2019 11:37 UTC 19 Aug 2019 05:37 Local
Exposed Population:	1190000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us600056y1
Inserted at:	19 Aug 2019 11:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Nicaragua= 5.3; Honduras= 5.2; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us600056y1	Scaled population (vector)	5.86
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-1
	INFORM_normalised	1.02

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1270262		0	19 Aug 2019 11:37	4.8M, 83.28km	N/A	1.2 million (in 100km)		00:14	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 Nicaragua , Department of Chinandega (population 364,428) . The nearest places are Jiquilillo, Aposentillo, Petacaltepe, Venecia, Santo Tomás, El Fortín, El Puente, Apante, Chorrera, Fátima, and Caserío Los Portillos.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.2 million people
75 km	590000 people
50 km	240000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chinandega	Nicaragua	360000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Jiquilillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	19 km
Aposentillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	19 km
Petacaltepe	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	21 km
Venecia	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	23 km
Santo Tomás	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	27 km
El Fortín	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	29 km
El Puente	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	31 km
Apante	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	32 km
Chorrera	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	32 km
Fátima	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	32 km
La Chácara	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	32 km
Las Marías	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	33 km
El Tanque	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	35 km
Mangle Alto	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	35 km
El Realejo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	6200 people	40 km
El Viejo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	53000 people	40 km
Limas de Belén	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	41 km
Talpetate	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	41 km
Linda Vista	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	42 km
El Cacao	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	43 km
El Capulín	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	43 km
Chinandega	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	130000 people	44 km
Santa Rosa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	45 km
El Carmen	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	45 km
San Miguelito	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	47 km
El Paraíso	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	48 km
Las Pozas	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	48 km
Puerto Morazán	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	5500 people	48 km
Puerto el Barquito	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	50 km
El Pellisco	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	51 km
Los Ángeles	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	53 km
Colonia Adela	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	53 km
Corinto	León	Nicaragua	Village	19000 people	55 km
Chichigalpa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	33000 people	55 km
La Canoa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	56 km
Mokorón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	57 km
Condega	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	57 km
Poneloya	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	59 km
Apastate	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	60 km
San Pablo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	61 km
Corcuera	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	61 km
El Torreón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	63 km
Cedeño	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	65 km
Albania	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	65 km
Guerrero	La Unión	El Salvador	Village	-	67 km
El Carmen	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	67 km
Comarca Ceiba Chachagua	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	67 km
El Puente	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	67 km
El Infiernito	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	68 km
El Entumido	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	68 km
El Fortín	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	70 km
Monjarás	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	70 km
Caserío Los Portillos	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Fanor Urroz	100	71 km
Tamarindo	3	75 km
San Lorenzo	20	95 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Corinto	NICIO	Nicaragua	41 km
Amapala	HNAMP	Honduras	80 km
La Union	SVLUN	El Salvador	89 km
San Lorenzo	HNSLO	Honduras	91 km
Puerto Sandino	NIPSN	Nicaragua	94 km

More information

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