Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nicaragua on 18 Jul 2020 16:05 UTC

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M 4.5 in Nicaragua on 18 Jul 2020 16:05 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:	10.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.8281 , -87.4481
Event Date:	18 Jul 2020 16:05 UTC 18 Jul 2020 10:05 Local
Exposed Population:	1610000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000aqxa
Inserted at:	18 Jul 2020 17:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Nicaragua= 5.3; Honduras= 5.2; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000aqxa	Scaled population (vector)	6.07
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-1
	INFORM_normalised	1.02

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1322362		0	18 Jul 2020 16:05	4.5M, 10.6km	N/A	1.6 million (in 100km)		00:56	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 Nicaragua , Department of Chinandega (population 364,428) . The nearest places are Venecia, Santo Tomás, Mangle Alto, La Chácara, Apante, Jiquilillo, El Puente, Petacaltepe, El Capulín, Chorrera, and El Capulín.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.6 million people
75 km	970000 people
50 km	320000 people
20 km	18000 people
10 km	4000 people
5 km	1500 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chinandega	Nicaragua	360000 people
Choluteca	Honduras	360000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Venecia	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	5 km
Santo Tomás	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	5 km
Mangle Alto	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	8 km
La Chácara	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	9 km
Apante	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	10 km
Jiquilillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	11 km
El Puente	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	14 km
Petacaltepe	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	16 km
El Capulín	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	17 km
Chorrera	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	20 km
El Tanque	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	20 km
El Cacao	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	22 km
Aposentillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	23 km
Las Pozas	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	24 km
Talpetate	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	25 km
Las Marías	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	26 km
El Carmen	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	28 km
El Fortín	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	28 km
Puerto Morazán	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	5500 people	30 km
Condega	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	30 km
Limas de Belén	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	31 km
San Miguelito	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	33 km
El Viejo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	53000 people	36 km
Albania	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	37 km
Fátima	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	37 km
Cedeño	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	37 km
El Paraíso	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	37 km
La Canoa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	40 km
Chinandega	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	130000 people	41 km
Monjarás	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	42 km
El Entumido	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	43 km
Los Ángeles	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	43 km
Mokorón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	44 km
La Tronconada	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	45 km
El Realejo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	6200 people	45 km
El Pellisco	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	45 km
Los Tanques	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	46 km
Santa Rosa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	46 km
El Fortín	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	47 km
Guerrero	La Unión	El Salvador	Village	-	47 km
Hacienda Albania	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	48 km
El Cacao	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	50 km
San José de la Landa	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	50 km
Barrancones	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	50 km
Gualora	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	51 km
Linda Vista	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	51 km
San Ramón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	51 km
El Castaño	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	51 km
El Carrizo	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	51 km
Buena Vista	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	51 km
Namasigüe	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	53 km
Chichigalpa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	33000 people	54 km
Apastate	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	54 km
Colonia Adela	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	55 km
El Puente	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	55 km
Chamboroto	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	55 km
Conchagüita	La Unión	El Salvador	Village	-	55 km
Coyol Solo	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	56 km
El Perico	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	<1000 people	56 km
Puerto el Barquito	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	56 km
Las Piletas	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	57 km
Cayanlipe	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	58 km
Choluteca	Choluteca	Honduras	City	75000 people	59 km
El Limón	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	59 km
El Ajustillo	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	60 km
Corinto	León	Nicaragua	Village	19000 people	60 km
El Torreón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	60 km
San Pablo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	60 km
El Tambor	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	61 km
El Caliche	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	61 km
El Moray	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	61 km
La Joyada	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	62 km
Delicias	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	62 km
Olomega	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	63 km
Estero del Espino	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	63 km
Somotillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	15000 people	63 km
Puerto Grande	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	63 km
Corcuera	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	63 km
Santa Ana de Yusguare	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	1800 people	64 km
El Cacao	La Unión	El Salvador	Village	-	64 km
Caserío Los Portillos	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	64 km
Comarca Ceiba Chachagua	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	65 km
Canoguero	La Union	El Salvador	Village	-	66 km
Poneloya	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	67 km
Los Atillos	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	67 km
Cerco de Piedra	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	67 km
San Benito	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	67 km
Campamento	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	68 km
El Hato	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	68 km
El Banco	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	69 km
El Caimito	Valle	Honduras	Village	<1000 people	69 km
La Ceiba	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	69 km
La Cruz	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	69 km
El Capulín	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Tamarindo	3	62 km
San Lorenzo	20	68 km
Fanor Urroz	100	74 km
Santa Rosa de Lima	36	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Corinto	NICIO	Nicaragua	49 km
Amapala	HNAMP	Honduras	57 km
San Lorenzo	HNSLO	Honduras	64 km
La Union	SVLUN	El Salvador	70 km

More information

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