M 5.5 in Venezuela on 27 Dec 2018 08:59 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.2805 , -67.9036
Event Date: 27 Dec 2018 08:59 UTC
27 Dec 2018 04:59 Local
Exposed Population: 880000 people in MMI
5160000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000iy0q
Inserted at: 27 Dec 2018 10:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000iy0q Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1242731 0 27 Dec 2018 08:59 5.6M, 10km 6.96 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
1242743 0 27 Dec 2018 08:59 5.5M, 10km 6.8 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:10 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 ,of Carabobo (population 188,463) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
880000 people
1.1 million people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1242731 10.286/-67.918 5.6 10.0 6.958 27 Dec 2018 09:23 00:24 (new episode)
2 0 1242743 10.286/-67.918 5.6 10.0 6.958 27 Dec 2018 10:09 01:10 (new episode)
3 0 1242743 10.28/-67.904 5.5 10.0 6.805 27 Dec 2018 10:11 01:12 (upd of #2)
4 0 1242743 10.28/-67.904 5.5 10.0 6.805 27 Dec 2018 11:02 02:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1242743 10.28/-67.904 5.5 10.0 6.805 28 Dec 2018 09:03 1d 00:04 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Carabobo Venezuela 880000 people
Carabobo Venezuela 1.1 million people
Aragua Venezuela 16000 people
Carabobo Venezuela 370000 people
Aragua Venezuela 1.1 million people
Guarico Venezuela <1000 people
Cojedes Venezuela 3300 people
Yaracuy Venezuela 5500 people
Falcon Venezuela 7800 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Guacara Carabobo Venezuela City 150000 people 3 km
Yagua Carabobo Venezuela Village - 9 km
San Joaquín Carabobo Venezuela Village 41000 people 13 km
Valencia Carabobo Venezuela Major city 1.4 million people 16 km
Mariara Carabobo Venezuela City 100000 people 20 km
Puerto Cabello Carabobo Venezuela City 160000 people 24 km
Tocuyito Carabobo Venezuela Village - 31 km
San Nicolás Aragua Venezuela Village - 19 km
El Cambur Carabobo Venezuela Village - 25 km
Güigüe Carabobo Venezuela City 64000 people 26 km
Independencia Aragua Venezuela Village - 27 km
El Limón Carabobo Venezuela City 160000 people 30 km
Maracay Aragua Venezuela City 390000 people 34 km
Guayabal Carabobo Venezuela Village - 36 km
Morón Carabobo Venezuela Village 62000 people 39 km
Belén Carabobo Venezuela City - 40 km
Bejuma Carabobo Venezuela City - 41 km
Cagua Aragua Venezuela City 120000 people 51 km
Las Delicias Falcon Venezuela Village - 61 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
Zim Valencia VLN 430 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 15 km
Montichiari 408 Civ. Paved No 7000 28 km
Puerto Cabello PBL 10 Civ. Paved No 6900 29 km
Los Aguacates 480 0 32 km
Maracay MYC unknown 0 33 km
El Libertador AB 442 Mil. Paved No 10400 40 km
La Bananera 15 0 66 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Turiamo VETUR Venezuela 21 km
Puerto Cabello VEPBL Venezuela 25 km
El Palito VEELP Venezuela 32 km
Moron Venezuela 43 km

More information

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