Overall Green Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 20 Oct 2014 19:33 UTC

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M 5.6 in Ecuador on 20 Oct 2014 19:33 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:	0.59 , -77.85
Event Date:	20 Oct 2014 19:33 UTC 20 Oct 2014 14:33 Local
Exposed Population:	1840000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	20 Oct 2014 22:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1062847	0.7	20 Oct 2014 19:33	6M, 10km	N/A	1.9 million (in 100km)	00:44	NEIC
1062850	0.7	20 Oct 2014 19:33	6M, 10km	N/A	1.8 million (in 100km)	02:17	NEIC
1062853	0.5	20 Oct 2014 19:33	5.6M, 10km	N/A	1.8 million (in 100km)	02:29	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 Ecuador ,of Carchi (population 41,937) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	42000 people
	140000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1062853	0.59/-77.85	5.6	10	0	17 Oct 2016 10:13	727d 14:40	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Carchi	Ecuador	42000 people
Carchi	Ecuador	110000 people
Narino	Colombia	26000 people
Carchi	Ecuador	20000 people
Sucumbios	Ecuador	93000 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	390000 people
Narino	Colombia	450000 people
Pichincha	Ecuador	97000 people
Napo	Ecuador	<1000 people
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	24000 people
Putumayo	Colombia	70000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Gabriel	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	15000 people	2 km
El Ángel	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	4800 people	11 km
Monjas	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	11 km
La Primavera	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	16 km
Mira	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	22 km
Tulcán	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	29 km
Carlosama	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
Pusir Chico	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	21 km
Julio	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	27 km
La Concepción	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Salinas	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Ipiales	Narino	Colombia	Village	77000 people	35 km
Ibarra	Imbabura	Ecuador	City	110000 people	40 km
La Bonita	Sucumbios	Ecuador	Village	-	41 km
Pigunchuela	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	43 km
La Esperanza	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	44 km
Maldonado	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	45 km
Angochagua	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	46 km
Atuntaqui	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	17000 people	50 km
Carolina	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	54 km
Ilumán	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	55 km
Iles	Narino	Colombia	Village	1800 people	55 km
Olmedo	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	55 km
Túquerres	Narino	Colombia	Village	18000 people	61 km
Otavalo	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	32000 people	61 km
Cumac	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	69 km
Cayambe	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	26000 people	69 km
Ricaurte	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	70 km
Tabacundo	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	73 km
Guachavés	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	73 km
Lita	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	76 km
Monjas Alto	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	76 km
Yacuanquér	Narino	Colombia	Village	2600 people	77 km
El Edén	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	83 km
Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos	Sucumbios	Ecuador	Village	-	84 km
Alto Tambo	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	85 km
Junín	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	90 km
El Diviso	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	97 km
Cinco de Junio	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	113 km
Travesía	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	116 km
La Piedra	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	117 km
Timbre	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	122 km
Cacao	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	125 km
Espriella	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	127 km
Maldonado	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	130 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
El Rosal Teniente Guerrero	TUA	2951	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	29 km
San Luis	IPI	2975	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	36 km
Atahualpa		2227	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	42 km
Nueve Loja Lago Agrio	LGQ	299				0	122 km

More information

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