Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru on 28 Nov 2012 03:09 UTC

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M 5.6 in Peru on 28 Nov 2012 03:09 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:	5.6M
Depth:	120 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.5076 , -76.0511
Event Date:	28 Nov 2012 03:09 UTC 27 Nov 2012 22:09 Local
Exposed Population:	About 47988 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000dzlx
Inserted at:	28 Nov 2012 03:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000dzlx	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
121120		0.5	28 Nov 2012 03:09	5.6M, 120km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	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 Loreto (population 720,100) . The nearest places are Libertad, San Isidro, San José, Salvatierra, Porvenir, San Ramán, Dos de Mayo, Papayacu, Charupa, Santa Teresa, and San Juan.

Radius	Population
100 km	48000 people
75 km	20000 people
50 km	5200 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Loreto	Peru	720000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Libertad	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	47 km
San Isidro	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	50 km
San José	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	51 km
Salvatierra	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	51 km
Porvenir	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	52 km
San Ramán	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	56 km
Dos de Mayo	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	57 km
Papayacu	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	58 km
Charupa	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	58 km
Santa Teresa	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	59 km
Puerto Diego Ríos	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	60 km
Patria	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	61 km
Puerto Díaz	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	61 km
Naranjal	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	61 km
Fernando Playas	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Aripari	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	64 km
San Juan	Loreto	Peru	Village	-	67 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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