Overall Green Earthquake alert in Panama on 04 Sep 2020 17:45 UTC

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M 5.6 in Panama on 04 Sep 2020 17:45 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:	8.67 Km
Lat/Lon:	8.3404 , -82.983
Event Date:	04 Sep 2020 17:45 UTC 04 Sep 2020 12:45 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VII 610000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000bi01
Inserted at:	04 Sep 2020 18:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4 (Panama)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Panama= 4; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000bi01	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1330310		0	04 Sep 2020 17:45	5.6M, 8.67km	5.99	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)		00:35	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 Panama ,of Chiriqui (population 1,581) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	2700 people
	78000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1330310	8.34/-82.983	5.6	8.7	6.55	04 Sep 2020 18:09	00:23	(new episode)
2	1330310	8.34/-82.983	5.6	8.7	5.832	04 Sep 2020 18:20	00:35	(upd of #1)
3	1330310	8.34/-82.983	5.6	8.7	5.988	04 Sep 2020 19:49	02:04	(upd of #2)
4	1330310	8.34/-82.983	5.6	8.7	5.988	05 Sep 2020 17:49	1d 00:04	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiriqui	Panama	1600 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	<1000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	43000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	29000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	240000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	81000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Bartolo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	11 km
Puerto Armuelles	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	19000 people	15 km
Progreso	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2100 people	20 km
La Cuesta	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	21 km
La Esperanza	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	22 km
Quebrada Corotú	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	26 km
Capacho	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	27 km
Florida	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	27 km
Divala	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	27 km
Unión	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	28 km
Tallo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	31 km
Davalá	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	31 km
Alto de Gariché	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	32 km
Neily	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	34 km
Santo Domingo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1200 people	35 km
Golfito	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	6700 people	39 km
Punto Jimenez	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	41 km
Italcancori	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	42 km
Concepción	Chiriquí	Panama	City	-	44 km
Sitio Lázaro	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	45 km
Guaria	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	46 km
Alanje	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1300 people	47 km
Boquerón	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3100 people	49 km
Piedras Blancas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	56 km
Pedregal	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	16000 people	61 km
David	Chiriquí	Panama	Major city	83000 people	62 km
Puerto Real	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	62 km
Peninsula de Osa	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	63 km
Dolega	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1600 people	67 km
Venecia	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	71 km
Chiriquí	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	73 km
Gualaca	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2700 people	78 km
Puerto Cortés	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	3500 people	90 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
Puerto Armuelles		13				0	15 km
Coto 47	OTR	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	29 km
Finca 63		11	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	36 km
Golfito	GLF	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	41 km
Puerto Jimenez	PJM	unknown				0	41 km
Enrique Malek International	DAV	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	61 km
Gualaca		152				0	77 km
Nuevo Palmar Sur		5				0	86 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Armuelles	PAAML	Panama	15 km
Golfito	CRGLF	Costa Rica	37 km
Puerto Jimenez		Costa Rica	46 km
Pedregal	PAPED	Panama	61 km

More information

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