Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 24 Dec 2019 19:19 UTC

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M 5.6 in Colombia on 24 Dec 2019 19:19 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.4572 , -74.0581
Event Date:	24 Dec 2019 19:19 UTC 24 Dec 2019 14:19 Local
Exposed Population:	About 8000 people in MMI 860000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70006qp1
Inserted at:	25 Dec 2019 17:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70006qp1	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1287196		0	24 Dec 2019 19:19	5.8M, 10km	6.02	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	NEIC
1287355		0	24 Dec 2019 19:19	5.6M, 10km	6.22	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		22:06	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 Meta (population 8,993) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	9000 people
	16000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1287196	3.483/-74.122	5.8	10.0	6.378	24 Dec 2019 19:41	00:22	(new episode)
2	1287196	3.483/-74.122	5.8	10.0	6.024	24 Dec 2019 21:22	02:03	(upd of #1)
3	1287355	3.457/-74.058	5.6	10.0	6.224	25 Dec 2019 17:25	22:06	(new episode)
4	1287355	3.457/-74.058	5.6	10.0	6.224	25 Dec 2019 19:20	1d 00:01	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Meta	Colombia	9000 people
Meta	Colombia	16000 people
Meta	Colombia	63000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity	Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
	San Juan	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
	Granda	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	40 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
	Lamacarena	LMC	unknown				0	26 km

More information

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