M 6 in Ecuador on 03 Dec 2017 11:19 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: 6.0M
Depth: 24.73 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.4845 , -80.2823
Event Date: 03 Dec 2017 11:19 UTC
03 Dec 2017 06:19 Local
Exposed Population: About 27000 people in MMI
1550000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000bkjh
Inserted at: 03 Dec 2017 11:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000bkjh Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1189859 0 03 Dec 2017 11:19 6M, 24.73km 6.31 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 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 Ecuador ,of Manabi (population 27,364) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
28000 people
230000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1189859 -0.484/-80.282 6 24.73 6.31 03 Dec 2017 11:41 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1189859 -0.484/-80.282 6 24.73 6.31 03 Dec 2017 13:22 02:03 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Manabi Ecuador 27000 people
Manabi Ecuador 230000 people
Manabi Ecuador 1.2 million people
Guayas Ecuador 2.2 million people
Los Rios Ecuador 430000 people
Pichincha Ecuador 100000 people
Esmeraldas Ecuador 33000 people
Cotopaxi Ecuador 5800 people
Manabi Ecuador 94000 people
Guayas Ecuador 1.3 million people
Los Rios Ecuador 380000 people
Pichincha Ecuador 2.8 million people
Esmeraldas Ecuador 460000 people
Cotopaxi Ecuador 460000 people
Bolivar Ecuador 170000 people
Imbabura Ecuador 320000 people
Tungurahua Ecuador 450000 people
Chimborazo Ecuador 280000 people
Napo Ecuador 6900 people
Canar Ecuador 84000 people
Azuay Ecuador 500000 people
Narino Colombia 37000 people
El Oro Ecuador 4700 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Las Flores Manabí Ecuador Village - 6 km
Palmas Manabí Ecuador Village - 15 km
Salinas Manabí Ecuador Village - 18 km
San Isidro Manabí Ecuador Village - 16 km
Canoa Manabí Ecuador Village - 18 km
San Vicente Manabí Ecuador Village - 18 km
Bahía de Caráquez Manabí Ecuador City 24000 people 22 km
E. Alfaro Manabí Ecuador Village - 25 km
Sesme Manabi Ecuador Village - 28 km
San Antonio Manabí Ecuador Village - 28 km
Pavón Manabí Ecuador Village - 28 km
Jama Manabí Ecuador Village - 31 km
Chone Manabí Ecuador City 44000 people 32 km
Mate Manabí Ecuador Village - 33 km
Bachillero Manabí Ecuador Village - 34 km
Convento Manabí Ecuador Village - 35 km
Las Yucas Manabí Ecuador Village - 37 km
El Junco Manabí Ecuador Village - 37 km
Canuto Manabí Ecuador Village - 39 km
Calceta Manabí Ecuador Village 17000 people 42 km
Trinidad Manabí Ecuador Village - 42 km
Pezcadillo Manabí Ecuador Village - 43 km
Charapotó Manabí Ecuador Village - 45 km
Diez de Agosto Manabí Ecuador Village - 45 km
Cabuyal Manabí Ecuador Village - 49 km
Junín Manabí Ecuador Village 9000 people 49 km
Crucita Manabí Ecuador Village - 51 km
Rocafuerte Manabí Ecuador Village 10000 people 52 km
Pueblo Nuevo Manabí Ecuador Village - 55 km
Resbalón Manabí Ecuador Village - 59 km
Zapote Manabí Ecuador Village - 59 km
Abdón Calderón Manabí Ecuador Village - 61 km
Sube y Baja Manabí Ecuador Village - 61 km
Atahualpa Manabí Ecuador Village - 62 km
San Miguel Manabí Ecuador Village - 64 km
San Plácido Manabí Ecuador Village - 64 km
Jaramijó Manabí Ecuador Village - 65 km
Pedernales Manabí Ecuador Village 5900 people 66 km
Porto Viejo Manabi Ecuador City - 66 km
Honorato Vásquez Manabí Ecuador Village - 68 km
Sequita Manabí Ecuador Village - 68 km
Las Mercedes Manabí Ecuador Village - 69 km
Manta Manabí Ecuador City 180000 people 71 km
Colón Manabí Ecuador Village - 71 km
Cerro Manabí Ecuador Village - 72 km
Colorado Manabí Ecuador Village - 73 km
Montecristi Manabí Ecuador Village 18000 people 74 km
La Pila Manabí Ecuador Village - 76 km
San Mateo Manabí Ecuador Village - 79 km
Bajo Grande Manabí Ecuador Village - 80 km
Santa Ana Manabí Ecuador Village 13000 people 81 km
La Unión Manabí Ecuador Village - 81 km
Pichincha Guayas Ecuador Village - 82 km
Pueblo Nuevo Manabí Ecuador Village - 84 km
El Cañaveral Manabí Ecuador Village - 84 km
Pacoche Manabí Ecuador Village - 85 km
Punta de Piedra Manabí Ecuador Village - 89 km
Conguillo Guayas Ecuador Village - 90 km
Aromo Manabí Ecuador Village - 90 km
Río de Caña Manabí Ecuador Village - 91 km
Sancán Manabí Ecuador Village - 92 km
Los Machos Guayas Ecuador Village - 93 km
San Lorenzo Manabí Ecuador Village - 94 km
Membrillal Manabí Ecuador Village - 94 km
Bellavista Manabí Ecuador Village - 95 km
Naranjada Manabí Ecuador Village - 96 km
Río Seco Manabí Ecuador Village - 96 km
Hacha Guayas Ecuador Village - 96 km
Cojimíes Manabí Ecuador Village - 97 km
El Carmen Guayas Ecuador Village 62000 people 97 km
Caña Manabí Ecuador Village - 98 km
El Cacao Guayas Ecuador Village - 99 km
Palomarcado Guayas Ecuador Village - 101 km
Olmedo Manabí Ecuador Village - 101 km
Los Potreros Guayas Ecuador Village - 101 km
Jipijapa Manabí Ecuador City 36000 people 101 km
Puerto Limón Pichincha Ecuador Village - 102 km
Consumulo Los Rios Ecuador Village - 102 km
Cantagallo Manabí Ecuador Village - 104 km
Guarumito Guayas Ecuador Village - 104 km
Balzar Guayas Ecuador Village 39000 people 107 km
Quevedo Los Ríos Ecuador City 120000 people 107 km
Zapotal Esmeraldas Ecuador Village - 108 km
El Esfuerzo Pichincha Ecuador Village - 110 km
Digna Guayas Ecuador Village - 116 km
Valencia Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 117 km
Palenque Los Ríos Ecuador Village 9100 people 121 km
San Gabriel Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 121 km
Colimes Guayas Ecuador Village 9300 people 121 km
Puerto Pechiche Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 132 km
Vinces Los Ríos Ecuador Village 32000 people 133 km
Moquique Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 133 km
El Carmen Guayas Ecuador Village - 137 km
Banepo Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 139 km
Pascuales Guayas Ecuador Village - 180 km
Alfaro Guayas Ecuador Village - 193 km
Guayaquil Guayas Ecuador Major city 1.9 million people 195 km
Noboa Manabí Ecuador Village - 103 km
Cayo Manabí Ecuador Village - 108 km
América Manabí Ecuador Village - 108 km
Matapalo Manabí Ecuador Village - 116 km
Las Cañas Manabí Ecuador Village - 116 km
Julcuy Manabí Ecuador Village - 116 km
Puerto Naranjo Pichincha Ecuador Village - 118 km
Pocita Manabí Ecuador Village - 119 km
La Aurora Pichincha Ecuador Village - 121 km
Machalilla Manabí Ecuador Village - 122 km
Paján Manabí Ecuador Village 7400 people 122 km
Muisne Esmeraldas Ecuador Village 13000 people 124 km
San Miguel Pichincha Ecuador Village - 126 km
Santo Domingo de los Colorados Pichincha Ecuador City - 126 km
Guale Manabí Ecuador Village - 126 km
Rosa Zárate Esmeraldas Ecuador Village 29000 people 127 km
Lagartera Esmeraldas Ecuador Village - 128 km
San Francisco Esmeraldas Ecuador Village - 129 km
La Maná Cotopaxi Ecuador Village 12000 people 129 km
Guasaganda Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 130 km
Pedro Pablo Gómez Manabí Ecuador Village - 130 km
Cascajal Manabí Ecuador Village - 132 km
Pucayacu Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 132 km
Puerto López Manabí Ecuador Village - 133 km
Paquimaro Pichincha Ecuador Village - 134 km
López Manabí Ecuador Village - 137 km
Guachalá Esmeraldas Ecuador Village - 138 km
Cruz de Guanábano Guayas Ecuador Village - 139 km
Antonio Sotomayor Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 139 km
Santa Lucía Guayas Ecuador Village - 140 km
Zapotal Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 140 km
Punta Tortuga Esmeraldas Ecuador Village - 141 km
Potrero de la Virgen Guayas Ecuador Village - 142 km
Lelia Pichincha Ecuador Village - 142 km
Ayampe Manabi Ecuador Village - 144 km
Tarabita Pichincha Ecuador Village - 145 km
Galera Esmeraldas Ecuador Village - 145 km
San Francisco de las Pampas Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 147 km
Pedro Carbo Guayas Ecuador Village 23000 people 147 km
Tonchigüe Esmeraldas Ecuador Village - 148 km
Las Núñez Guayas Ecuador Village - 148 km
San Geronimo Guayas Ecuador Village - 149 km
Miniatura Guayas Ecuador Village - 149 km
San Clemente Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 150 km
Potosí Guayas Ecuador Village - 150 km
Catarama Los Ríos Ecuador Village 9700 people 151 km
San Vicente Guayas Ecuador Village - 152 km
Pilaló Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 153 km
El Corazón Bolivar Ecuador Village - 154 km
Don Pancho Guayas Ecuador Village - 154 km
Isidro Ayora Guayas Ecuador Village - 154 km
Lomas de Sargentillo Guayas Ecuador Village 7500 people 155 km
Daule Guayas Ecuador Village 48000 people 156 km
Atacames Esmeraldas Ecuador Village - 156 km
Isinliví Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 157 km
Bocana Guayas Ecuador Village - 158 km
Pinilopata Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 158 km
Apagua Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 159 km
Merella Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 160 km
Nobol Guayas Ecuador Village - 161 km
Pita Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 161 km
Bijagual Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 163 km
Llurimagua Imbabura Ecuador Village - 166 km
Salanguillo Guayas Ecuador Village - 166 km
Angamarca Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 167 km
Babahoyo Los Ríos Ecuador Village 76000 people 167 km
Pozuelos Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 168 km
Tigua Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 168 km
Río Seco Guayas Ecuador Village - 168 km
Manglar Alto Guayas Ecuador Village - 168 km
Victoria Guayas Ecuador Village - 170 km
Güingopana Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 171 km
Bastidas Pichincha Ecuador Village - 171 km
Las Balsas Guayas Ecuador Village - 172 km
San Pedro Guayas Ecuador Village - 173 km
Simiátug Bolívar Ecuador Village - 173 km
Esmeraldas Esmeraldas Ecuador Village 95000 people 174 km
Salinas Bolívar Ecuador Village - 174 km
Bajada de Colonche Guayas Ecuador Village - 174 km
San Carlos Pichincha Ecuador Village - 174 km
Capone Guayas Ecuador Village - 174 km
Tamarindo Guayas Ecuador Village - 175 km
Rancho del Medio Pichincha Ecuador Village - 175 km
Baquerizo Moreno Guayas Ecuador Village - 175 km
Colonche Guayas Ecuador Village - 175 km
Ayangue Guayas Ecuador Village - 177 km
Pacto Pichincha Ecuador Village - 179 km
Montalvo Los Ríos Ecuador Village 15000 people 180 km
Monjas Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 181 km
Gualea Pichincha Ecuador Village - 182 km
Limón Los Ríos Ecuador Village - 183 km
Chaupi Pichincha Ecuador Village - 183 km
Pujilí Cotopaxi Ecuador Village 11000 people 184 km
Saqui Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 184 km
Aguada Guayas Ecuador Village - 185 km
Ortuño Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 186 km
Tanicuchí Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 186 km
San José Cotopaxi Ecuador Village - 188 km
Guaranda Bolívar Ecuador City 22000 people 189 km
San Luis Guayas Ecuador Village - 189 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Los Perales BHA 3 Civ. Paved Yes 4400 19 km
Reales Tamarindos PVO 44 Civ. Paved No 7200 65 km
Pedernales 20 0 66 km
Eloy Alfaro MEC 12 Civ. Paved Yes 9300 67 km
Quevedo North 107 0 112 km
Los Perez 23 0 114 km
Simon Bolivar International GYE 5 Civ. Paved Yes 8000 190 km
Jipijapa JIP unknown 0 104 km
Santo Domingo Los Colorados 521 Civ. Paved No 3600 122 km
Loma Larga 64 0 144 km
Martinica 27 0 157 km
Hacienda la Julia 15 0 157 km
Babahoyo North 17 0 158 km
La Clementina 100 0 168 km
Ayangue 5 0 173 km
General Rivadeneira ESM 7 Civ. Paved Yes 7800 177 km
Cotopaxi 2784 Civ. Paved Yes 12100 191 km
Mariscal Sucre International UIO 2811 Civ. Paved Yes 10200 203 km
General Ulpiano Paez SNC 4 Mil. Paved Yes 7900 206 km
Taura 17 0 206 km
Chachoan ATF 2564 Civ. Paved Yes 6500 206 km
San Carlos 30 0 209 km
Chimborazo 2790 Civ. Paved No 5200 222 km
La Puntilla 14 0 238 km
Posorja 5 0 243 km
Atahualpa 2227 Civ. Paved No 6500 256 km
Maragrosa 5 0 267 km
Mariscal Lamar CUE 2530 Civ. Paved Yes 6200 303 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Bahia de Caraquez Ecuador 19 km
Manta ECMEC Ecuador 70 km
Cojimies Ecuador 96 km
Duran ECDUN Ecuador 193 km
Guayaquil ECGYE Ecuador 195 km
Prtmaritimo Ecuador 204 km
Esmeraldas ECESM Ecuador 177 km
Balao Terminal ECEBL Ecuador 178 km
Rioverde Ecuador 184 km
Salinas ECSNC Ecuador 194 km
La Libertad ECLLD Ecuador 204 km
Puerto de San Lorenzo Ecuador 252 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
El Carrizal El Carrizal n/a 50 km
Poza Honda Portoviejo 1971 70 km
Daule Peripa Daule 1987 77 km

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