M 4.5 in Costa Rica on 12 Nov 2012 08:45 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: 30.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.7772 , -84.2782
Event Date: 12 Nov 2012 08:45 UTC
12 Nov 2012 02:45 Local
Exposed Population:
3340000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000dr5u
Inserted at: 12 Nov 2012 09:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000dr5u 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
120820 0.5 12 Nov 2012 08:45 4.5M, 30.2km N/A 3.3 million (in 100km) 00:40 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 San Jose (population 1,218,925) . The nearest places are San José, and Santiago.

Radius Population
100 km 3.4 million people
75 km 3 million people
50 km 2.6 million people
20 km 130000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Costa Rica San Jose 1.2 million people
Costa Rica Alajuela 580000 people
Costa Rica Puntarenas 380000 people
Costa Rica Heredia 300000 people
Costa Rica Cartago 350000 people
Costa Rica Limon 260000 people
Costa Rica Guanacaste 230000 people
Nicaragua Rio San Juan 57000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Santiago San José Costa Rica City 7700 people 4 km
San José San José Costa Rica Capital 330000 people 28 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
Juan Santamaria International SJO 921 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 23 km
Tobias Bolanos International SYQ 994 Civ. Paved No 3200 25 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Caldera CRCAL Costa Rica 46 km
Quepos (Puerto Quepos) CRXQP Costa Rica 46 km

More information

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