Overall Green Earthquake alert in Virgin Islands U.S. on 26 Nov 2020 07:07 UTC

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M 4.71 in Virgin Islands U.S. on 26 Nov 2020 07:07 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:	4.7M
Depth:	34 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.2851 , -65.0535
Event Date:	26 Nov 2020 07:07 UTC 26 Nov 2020 03:07 Local
Exposed Population:	About 500 people within 100km
Source:	PRICO RS pr2020331007
Inserted at:	26 Nov 2020 08:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Virgin Is.)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
PRICO RS	0		0
pr2020331007	Scaled population (vector)	1.76
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1344957		0	26 Nov 2020 07:07	4.71M, 34km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)		01:09	PRICO RS

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 Virgin Islands U.S. , of Virgin Is. (population 101,809) .

Radius	Population
100 km	<1000 people
75 km	no people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Virgin Is.	Virgin Islands U.S.	100000 people
British Virgin Is.	Virgin Islands British	18000 people
Humacao	Puerto Rico	-
Bayamon	Puerto Rico	-
San Juan	Puerto Rico	-
Guayama	Puerto Rico	-
Arecibo	Puerto Rico	-
Ponce	Puerto Rico	-
Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	-
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	-
Anguilla	Anguilla	9200 people
St. Kitts & Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41000 people
La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	120000 people
Antigua & Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	65000 people
El Seibo	Dominican Republic	76000 people
Montserrat	Montserrat	-
La Romana	Dominican Republic	180000 people
San Pedro de Macor¡s	Dominican Republic	210000 people
Samana	Dominican Republic	79000 people
Hato Major	Dominican Republic	180000 people
Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	110000 people
Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	410000 people
Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	2.8 million people
Duarte	Dominican Republic	280000 people
Maria Trinidad S	Dominican Republic	140000 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
Anegada	NGD	unknown				0	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Anegada Island		British Virgin Islands	96 km

More information

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