M 4.5 in Panama on 21 Jan 2021 06:32 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 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.5114 , -82.5272
Event Date: 21 Jan 2021 06:32 UTC
21 Jan 2021 00:32 Local
Exposed Population:
About 73000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000d1y9
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2021 07:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4 (Panama)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Panama= 4; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000d1y9 Scaled population (vector) 3.9  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.87  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1354060 0 21 Jan 2021 06:32 4.5M, 10km N/A 70 thousand (in 100km) 00:36 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 Panama , Province of Chiriqui (population 391,788) .

Radius Population
100 km 74000 people
75 km 1300 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
Chiriqui Panama 390000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica 380000 people
Veraguas Panama 220000 people
Bocas del Toro Panama 100000 people
Limon Costa Rica 260000 people
Herrera Panama 100000 people
Los Santos Panama 83000 people
San Jose Costa Rica 1.2 million people
Cocle Panama 190000 people
Colon Panama 180000 people
Cartago Costa Rica 350000 people
Panama Panama 1.2 million people
Heredia Costa Rica 300000 people
Alajuela Costa Rica 580000 people
Rio San Juan Nicaragua 57000 people
Guanacaste Costa Rica 230000 people
Zelaya Nicaragua 330000 people
San Blas Panama 37000 people
Darien Panama 39000 people
Rivas Nicaragua 170000 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
Puerto Armuelles 13 0 92 km
Enrique Malek International DAV 27 Civ. Paved Yes 5900 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Parida Island Panama 70 km
Co Doq Island Panama 85 km
Puerto Armuelles PAAML Panama 92 km
Pedregal PAPED Panama 95 km

More information

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