Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru on 16 Nov 2012 00:21 UTC

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M 4.7 in Peru on 16 Nov 2012 00:21 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:	4.7M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-13.2826 , -76.4943
Event Date:	16 Nov 2012 00:21 UTC 15 Nov 2012 19:21 Local
Exposed Population:	540000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000dtef
Inserted at:	16 Nov 2012 01:08 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000dtef	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
120916		0.5	16 Nov 2012 00:21	4.7M, 47.6km	N/A	540 thousand (in 100km)		00:46	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 Peru , Department of Lima (population 8,126,700) . The nearest places are Clarita, San Vincente de Canete, Ungará, Imperial, Cerro Azul, Avícola Río Bravo, San Francisco, Roma, El Olivo, Caltopa, and Yanapampa.

Radius	Population
100 km	580000 people
75 km	520000 people
50 km	310000 people
20 km	1600 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Lima	Peru	8.1 million people
Ica	Peru	590000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Clarita	Lima	Peru	Village	-	19 km
San Vincente de Canete	Lima	Peru	Village	-	24 km
Ungará	Lima	Peru	Village	-	26 km
Imperial	Lima	Peru	Village	32000 people	28 km
Cerro Azul	Lima	Peru	Village	-	28 km
Avícola Río Bravo	Ica	Peru	Village	-	29 km
San Francisco	Lima	Peru	Village	-	31 km
Roma	Lima	Peru	Village	-	33 km
El Olivo	Ica	Peru	Village	-	34 km
Caltopa	Lima	Peru	Village	-	36 km
La Capilla	Ica	Peru	Village	-	37 km
Quilmaná	Lima	Peru	Village	6700 people	38 km
San Pablo	Ica	Peru	Village	-	38 km
Chincha Alta	Ica	Peru	City	150000 people	40 km
Pauyo	Lima	Peru	Village	-	43 km
Los Leones	Lima	Peru	Village	-	45 km
Larán	Ica	Peru	Village	-	46 km
San Aurelio	Ica	Peru	Village	-	46 km
Blas Herrera	Ica	Peru	Village	-	47 km
Pocoto	Lima	Peru	Village	-	50 km
Lunahuaná	Lima	Peru	Village	-	51 km
El Carmen	Ica	Peru	Village	-	51 km
Quishca	Ica	Peru	Village	-	55 km
Pisco	Ica	Peru	City	61000 people	55 km
Marcalla	Lima	Peru	Village	-	56 km
Asia	Lima	Peru	Village	-	57 km
San Juan	Ica	Peru	Village	-	57 km
San Miguel	Ica	Peru	Village	-	58 km
Pampa Chacra	Ica	Peru	Village	-	58 km
Hornillo	Ica	Peru	Village	-	58 km
La Capilla	Lima	Peru	Village	-	59 km
Hacienda Naranjullo	Ica	Peru	Village	-	59 km
Puerto General San Martín	Ica	Peru	Village	-	60 km
Jacalla	Lima	Peru	Village	-	61 km
Coaillo	Lima	Peru	Village	-	62 km
Aichi	Ica	Peru	Village	-	62 km
Flores	Lima	Peru	Village	-	64 km
Conta	Ica	Peru	Village	-	64 km
Almacén	Ica	Peru	Village	-	65 km
Shicshi	Ica	Peru	Village	-	65 km
Independencia	Ica	Peru	Village	-	65 km
Saramasana	Ica	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Buena Vista	Ica	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Huallhuatinco	Lima	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Bujama Baja	Lima	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Parakas	Ica	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Hacienda la Yesera	Lima	Peru	Village	-	68 km
Zúñiga	Lima	Peru	Village	-	68 km
Yanapampa	Ica	Peru	Village	-	69 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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Pisco	PIO	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9900	58 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto de Cerro Azul		Peru	27 km
Tambo de Mora	PETDM	Peru	37 km
Pisco	PEPIO	Peru	56 km
General San Martin	PEGSM	Peru	61 km

More information

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