M 4.6 in Honduras on 04 Sep 2012 12:13 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: 4.6M
Depth: 27.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.2078 , -85.6803
Event Date: 04 Sep 2012 12:13 UTC
04 Sep 2012 06:13 Local
Exposed Population:
About 6000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000cejl
Inserted at: 04 Sep 2012 13:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000cejl Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
119306 0.5 04 Sep 2012 12:13 4.6M, 27.7km N/A 6 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 Honduras , Department of Islas de la Bahia (population 26,532) .

Radius Population
100 km 5600 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
Islas de la Bahia Honduras 27000 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
Guanaja GJA 11 88 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Guanaja Island HNGJA Honduras 86 km

More information

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