Overall Green Earthquake alert in Honduras on 16 Apr 2020 08:04 UTC

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M 6 in Honduras on 16 Apr 2020 08:04 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.9332 , -85.7099
Event Date:	16 Apr 2020 08:04 UTC 16 Apr 2020 02:04 Local
Exposed Population:	About 18000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70008xeb
Inserted at:	16 Apr 2020 08:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.2 (Honduras)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70008xeb	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.01

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1305847	16 Apr 2020 08:04	6.3M, 33km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:06	PTWC
1305849	16 Apr 2020 08:04	6.3M, 33km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:08	NTWC
1305851	16 Apr 2020 08:04	6M, 10km	4.65	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	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 Honduras ,of Colon (population 10,723) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1305851	16.933/-85.71	6.0	10.0	4.761	16 Apr 2020 08:27	00:22	(new episode)
2	1305851	16.933/-85.71	6.0	10.0	4.8	16 Apr 2020 08:44	00:39	(upd of #1)
3	1305851	16.933/-85.71	6.0	10.0	4.699	16 Apr 2020 10:07	02:03	(upd of #2)
4	1305851	16.933/-85.71	6.0	10.0	4.647	17 Apr 2020 08:08	1d 00:03	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Colon	Honduras	11000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity	Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
	Guanaja	Islas de la Bahia	Honduras	Village	1900 people	56 km
	Santa Rosa Aguán	Colón	Honduras	Village	-	108 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
	Guanaja	GJA	11				0	58 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Guanaja Island	HNGJA	Honduras	56 km

More information

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