M 4.5 in Honduras on 10 Jan 2013 13:52 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: 35.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.7254 , -85.949
Event Date: 10 Jan 2013 13:52 UTC
10 Jan 2013 07:52 Local
Exposed Population:
About 75000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000eljx
Inserted at: 10 Jan 2013 16:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000eljx 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
121888 0.5 10 Jan 2013 13:52 4.5M, 35.9km N/A 70 thousand (in 100km) 03:07 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 Honduras , Department of Islas de la Bahia (population 26,532) .

Radius Population
100 km 76000 people
75 km 22000 people
50 km 7700 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Islas de la Bahia Honduras 27000 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
Guanaja GJA 11 31 km
Roatan Island RTB 2 Civ. Paved Yes 6300 76 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Guanaja Island HNGJA Honduras 30 km
Coxen Bay Honduras 79 km

More information

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