Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 27 Dec 2012 11:37 UTC

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M 4.6 in Argentina on 27 Dec 2012 11:37 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:	80.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	-31.2436 , -68.4607
Event Date:	27 Dec 2012 11:37 UTC 27 Dec 2012 08:37 Local
Exposed Population:	630000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000egm0
Inserted at:	27 Dec 2012 12:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000egm0	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
121646		0.5	27 Dec 2012 11:37	4.6M, 80.9km	N/A	630 thousand (in 100km)		00:29	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 Argentina , Province of San Juan (population 547,865) .

Radius	Population
100 km	630000 people
75 km	590000 people
50 km	550000 people
20 km	14000 people
10 km	3600 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	Argentina	San Juan	550000 people
	Argentina	Mendoza	1.5 million 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
La Laja		650					11 km
San Juan	UAQ	597	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	36 km
San Juan Aeroclub		634					40 km

More information

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