Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 01 Dec 2020 04:20 UTC

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M 4.5 in Colombia on 01 Dec 2020 04:20 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:	54.28 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.9653 , -76.9117
Event Date:	01 Dec 2020 04:20 UTC 30 Nov 2020 23:20 Local
Exposed Population:	320000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000cli2
Inserted at:	02 Dec 2020 00:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4 (Colombia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Colombia= 4; Panama= 4

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000cli2	Scaled population (vector)	5.21
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.15
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1345901		0	01 Dec 2020 04:20	4.5M, 54.28km	N/A	330 thousand (in 100km)		19:44	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 Colombia , Department of Choco (population 363,180) . The nearest places are Rio Grande, Curbaradó, Bella Luz, La Isla, Pueblo Nuevo, Vigia de Curbarado, Boca de Murindo, La Isla de Los Palacios, Torquitado, Alegrias, and El Tigre.

Radius	Population
100 km	330000 people
75 km	120000 people
50 km	28000 people
20 km	4900 people
10 km	1600 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Choco	Colombia	360000 people
Antioquia	Colombia	4.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Rio Grande	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	9 km
Curbaradó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	9 km
Bella Luz	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	10 km
La Isla	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	11 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Vigia de Curbarado	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Boca de Murindo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
La Isla de Los Palacios	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	14 km
Torquitado	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
Alegrias	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
Opogadó	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Murindó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Boca de Curvaradó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
Vereda Garval	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
San Alejandro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Domingodó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
El Lana	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Playa Alta	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Villanueva	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Vigia del Puerto	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Puerto Lopez	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Murrí Bajo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Bella Vista	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Bojayá	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Puerto Conto	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Bocas del Murri	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Pedega	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
San Miguel	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Pavarandocito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Pavarando Grande	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Antadó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	56 km
Ríosucio	Choco	Colombia	Village	7100 people	57 km
San Jose de Bojaya	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	60 km
Pegadó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	61 km
Puerto Martínez	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
Mutatá	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
Virinvi	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
Murrí	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
Cañusales	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	68 km
Buchadó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	69 km
El Tigre	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	69 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
Apartado	APO	unknown				0	33 km
Jurado	JUO	unknown				0	60 km
Bahia Cupica	BHF	unknown				0	65 km
Chigorodo	IGO	unknown				0	83 km
Uraba		30	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	96 km
Jose Celestino Mutis	BSC	24	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	100 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Jurado		Colombia	93 km

More information

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