M 6.1 in Colombia on 23 Mar 2019 19:21 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: 6.1M
Depth: 113.28 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.5596 , -76.2801
Event Date: 23 Mar 2019 19:21 UTC
23 Mar 2019 14:21 Local
Exposed Population: 760000 people in MMI
2810000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000jkrq
Inserted at: 23 Mar 2019 19:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jkrq Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.87  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1253377 0 23 Mar 2019 19:21 6.1M, 113.28km 4.76 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 Colombia ,of Tolima (population 9,263) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
760000 people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1253377 4.56/-76.28 6.1 113.3 4.402 23 Mar 2019 19:42 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1253377 4.56/-76.28 6.1 113.3 4.814 23 Mar 2019 21:24 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1253377 4.56/-76.28 6.1 113.3 4.763 24 Mar 2019 19:29 1d 00:07 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Tolima Colombia 9300 people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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