Overall Green Earthquake alert in Venezuela on 28 Jul 2020 15:46 UTC

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M 4.6 in Venezuela on 28 Jul 2020 15:46 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.5168 , -62.6962
Event Date:	28 Jul 2020 15:46 UTC 28 Jul 2020 11:46 Local
Exposed Population:	750000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000b5di
Inserted at:	28 Jul 2020 19:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.3 (Venezuela)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Venezuela= 4.3; Trinidad & Tobago= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000b5di	Scaled population (vector)	5.89
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.9

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1323775		0	28 Jul 2020 15:46	4.5M, 10km	N/A	760 thousand (in 100km)		00:34	NEIC
1323789		0	28 Jul 2020 15:46	4.6M, 10km	N/A	760 thousand (in 100km)		03:15	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 Venezuela , State of Sucre (population 741,866) . The nearest places are El Paujil, Irapa, Yaguaraparo, Maraval, San Juan, Bojoral, Unare, Puerto Escondido, San Juan de las Galdonas, Agua Fría, and Río Casanay.

Radius	Population
100 km	760000 people
75 km	410000 people
50 km	170000 people
20 km	37000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sucre	Venezuela	740000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Paujil	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	11 km
Irapa	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	14 km
Yaguaraparo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	16 km
Maraval	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	23 km
San Juan	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	23 km
Bojoral	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	26 km
Unare	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	26 km
Puerto Escondido	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	26 km
San Juan de las Galdonas	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	26 km
Agua Fría	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	27 km
Soro	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	28 km
Yoco	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	30 km
Guayana	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	32 km
Agua Dulce	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	37 km
Guariquén	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	38 km
Quebrada de Ño Carlos	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	39 km
Cazadores	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	41 km
Güiria	Sucre	Venezuela	City	-	44 km
Ajíes	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	44 km
Río Caribe	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	49 km
La Corona	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	49 km
Guanoco	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	50 km
Guacarapo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	50 km
Puerto de Hierro	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	50 km
El Pilar	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	50 km
Puerto Santo	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	55 km
Los Morros	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	56 km
Múcuro	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	57 km
El Rincón	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	59 km
Buena Esperanza	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	62 km
Carúpano	Sucre	Venezuela	City	120000 people	63 km
Caripito	Monagas	Venezuela	City	-	63 km
La Palencia	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	64 km
El Arenal	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	64 km
Puerto Francés	Monagas	Venezuela	Village	-	65 km
Caño de Cruz	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	66 km
Cariaquito	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	67 km
Río Casanay	Sucre	Venezuela	Village	-	67 km

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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
Rio de Agua		10				0	33 km
Guiria	GUI	13	Civ.	Paved	No	5100	42 km
Carupano	CUP	10	Civ.	Paved	No	6700	64 km
Pedernales	PDZ	2				0	79 km
Quiriquire	MUN	68	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Guiria	VEGUI	Venezuela	44 km
Caripito	VECAR	Venezuela	61 km
Carupano	VECUP	Venezuela	63 km
Puerto de Hierro	VEPHO	Venezuela	69 km
Puerto Pedernales		Venezuela	76 km
Cristobal Colon		Venezuela	86 km

More information

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