M 5 in Costa Rica on 12 Oct 2012 19:24 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: 5.0M
Depth: 45.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.578 , -84.2971
Event Date: 12 Oct 2012 19:24 UTC
12 Oct 2012 13:24 Local
Exposed Population:
3170000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000d53n
Inserted at: 12 Oct 2012 19:52 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d53n 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
120171 0.5 12 Oct 2012 19:24 5M, 45.3km N/A 3.2 million (in 100km) 00:28 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 Costa Rica , Province of Puntarenas (population 384,746) . The nearest places are San José, Playón, Surubres, Sardinal Sur, Sardinal, and Finca Nicoya.

Radius Population
100 km 3.2 million people
75 km 2.8 million people
50 km 1.7 million people
20 km 33000 people
10 km 8500 people
5 km 2400 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Puntarenas Costa Rica 380000 people
San Jose Costa Rica 1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Sardinal Sur Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 0 km
Surubres Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 2 km
Playón Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 3 km
Sardinal Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 3 km
Finca Nicoya Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 3 km
San José San José Costa Rica Capital 330000 people 45 km

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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
Quepos Managua 32 Civ. Paved No 3600 24 km
Tobias Bolanos International SYQ 994 Civ. Paved No 3200 45 km
Juan Santamaria International SJO 921 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 47 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Quepos (Puerto Quepos) CRXQP Costa Rica 22 km
Caldera CRCAL Costa Rica 59 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Cachi Reventazon 1966 61 km

More information

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