M 5.7 in Honduras on 10 Aug 2020 14:13 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.8684 , -85.8614
Event Date: 10 Aug 2020 14:13 UTC
10 Aug 2020 08:13 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 65000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000bbu3
Inserted at: 11 Aug 2020 14:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.2 (Honduras)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000bbu3 Scaled population (raster) 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1325922 0 10 Aug 2020 14:13 5.7M, 10km 4.85 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:02 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 Islas de la Bahia (population 20,746) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1325922 16.868/-85.861 5.7 10.0 4.474 10 Aug 2020 14:32 00:18 (new episode)
2 0 1325922 16.868/-85.861 5.7 10.0 4.475 10 Aug 2020 14:39 00:26 (upd of #1)
3 0 1325922 16.851/-85.868 5.7 10.0 4.727 10 Aug 2020 15:40 01:27 (upd of #2)
4 0 1325922 16.851/-85.868 5.7 10.0 4.727 10 Aug 2020 16:16 02:02 (upd of #3)
5 0 1325922 16.851/-85.868 5.7 10.0 4.848 11 Aug 2020 14:16 1d 00:02 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Islas de la Bahia Honduras 21000 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 46 km
Roatán Islas de la Bahía Honduras Village 6800 people 92 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 47 km
Roatan Island RTB 2 Civ. Paved Yes 6300 93 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Guanaja Island HNGJA Honduras 45 km
Coxen Bay Honduras 96 km

More information

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