Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 15 Apr 2020 10:59 UTC

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M 5.7 in Colombia on 15 Apr 2020 10:59 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:	5.7M
Depth:	53 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.0471 , -74.4343
Event Date:	15 Apr 2020 10:59 UTC 15 Apr 2020 05:59 Local
Exposed Population:	110000 people in MMI 1200000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70008wpb
Inserted at:	17 Apr 2020 09:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70008wpb	Scaled population (raster)	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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1305667	15 Apr 2020 10:59	5.4M, 10km	6.42	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:22	NEIC
1305697	15 Apr 2020 10:59	5.7M, 10km	6.34	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	03:18	NEIC
1305712	15 Apr 2020 10:59	5.7M, 43.59km	4.78	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	05:14	NEIC
1305829	15 Apr 2020 10:59	5.7M, 53km	4.84	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	1d 22:38	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 Bolivar (population 90,945) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	110000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1305667	8.975/-74.301	5.4	10.0	6.418	15 Apr 2020 11:21	00:22	(new episode)
2	1305667	8.975/-74.301	5.4	10.0	6.418	15 Apr 2020 11:31	00:31	(upd of #1)
3	1305667	8.975/-74.301	5.4	10.0	6.418	15 Apr 2020 13:01	02:02	(upd of #2)
4	1305697	9.027/-74.322	5.7	10.0	6.343	15 Apr 2020 14:20	03:20	(new episode)
5	1305712	8.999/-74.389	5.7	43.6	4.784	15 Apr 2020 16:13	05:14	(new episode)
6	1305829	9.047/-74.434	5.7	53.0	4.841	16 Apr 2020 06:32	19:32	(new episode)
7	1305829	9.047/-74.434	5.7	53.0	4.841	16 Apr 2020 11:07	1d 00:08	(upd of #6)
8	1305829	9.049/-74.432	5.7	53.0	4.842	17 Apr 2020 09:38	1d 22:38	(upd of #7)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bolivar	Colombia	91000 people
Magdalena	Colombia	24000 people
Sucre	Colombia	<1000 people
Bolivar	Colombia	220000 people
Magdalena	Colombia	100000 people
Sucre	Colombia	44000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Las Barajas	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	10 km
Pinillos Barranco de Loba	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	14 km
Lobata	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
Sitio Nuevito	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Margarita	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	1900 people	19 km
Caserío Mantequeira	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
Mompós	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	28000 people	22 km
Los Manguitos	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
San Sebastián	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
San Cenon	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
Caserio Penoncito	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Guamal	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	8900 people	27 km
San Fernando	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Playa Alta	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Orejero	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	31 km
Talaigua	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	6100 people	32 km
Pijiño	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
Boca de Higuerón	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
Santo Ana	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Limón	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Corregimiemto Guacamayo	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	36 km
Blanco Calzón	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Caserío El Cedro	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Barranco de Loba	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	5900 people	38 km
Magangué	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	90000 people	38 km
Tres Cruces	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Sucre	Sucre	Colombia	Village	23000 people	39 km
Corregimiento San Antonio	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Tacasaluma	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Los Negritos	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Norosi	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Los Tamaquitos	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Barro Blanco	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Agua Fría	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Algarrobal	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
San Antoñito	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Puerto Rosario	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
San Martín de Loba	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	8200 people	46 km
Menchiguejo	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Camilo Torres	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Palmarito	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Caserio San Miguel	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	50 km
Punta Blanca	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
Santander	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Cascajal	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
El Veintiocho	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Pinto	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Hacienda Chimicuica	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Buenavista	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
La Ventura	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Achí	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Santiago	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
El Peñón	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Los Bajos	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	56 km

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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
San Bernardo	MMP	18	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	24 km
Guamal	GAA	unknown				0	25 km
Campamento Petrolero		22				0	34 km
Las Flores	ELB	34	Civ.	Paved	No	4300	51 km
Baracoa	MGN	54	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	52 km

More information

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