Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 16 Apr 2016 23:58 UTC

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M 7.8 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.1 m) in Ecuador on 16 Apr 2016 23:58 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.8M
Depth:	19.16 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.3715 , -79.9398
Event Date:	16 Apr 2016 23:58 UTC 16 Apr 2016 18:58 Local
Exposed Population:	About 70000 people in MMI 1.7 million (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us20005j32
Inserted at:	17 Apr 2016 00:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.3	1		1.3
us20005j32	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	1.11m
	C2 earthquake
	Country Vulnerability
	INFORM_normalised

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1125596	1.2	16 Apr 2016 23:58	7.5M, 10km	N/A	680 thousand (in 100km)	0.9m (at 00:20)	00:06	GEOFON
1125599	1.2	16 Apr 2016 23:58	7.4M, 10km	N/A	750 thousand (in 100km)	1m (at 00:38)	00:10	NTWC
1125605	1.2	16 Apr 2016 23:58	7.4M, 20.16km	7.88	690 thousand (in 100km)	0.6m (at 02:06)	00:20	NEIC
1125608	1.3	16 Apr 2016 23:58	7.8M, 19.16km	8.08	1.7 million (in MMI>=VII)	1.1m (at 00:00)	00:37	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 Esmeraldas (population 30,091) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	70000 people
	1.6 million people
	2.2 million people
	3.2 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1125605	0.348/-79.972	7.4	20.16	7.88	17 Oct 2016 11:14	183d 11:15	(new episode)
	2	0	1125608	0.382/-79.922	7.8	20.59	8.08	23 Feb 2018 10:23	677d 10:24	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	30000 people
Manabi	Ecuador	36000 people
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	370000 people
Manabi	Ecuador	910000 people
Pichincha	Ecuador	130000 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	4600 people
Los Rios	Ecuador	98000 people
Guayas	Ecuador	120000 people
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	89000 people
Manabi	Ecuador	500000 people
Pichincha	Ecuador	380000 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	2700 people
Los Rios	Ecuador	650000 people
Cotopaxi	Ecuador	57000 people
Guayas	Ecuador	460000 people
Narino	Colombia	14000 people
Bolivar	Ecuador	1400 people
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	5800 people
Manabi	Ecuador	49000 people
Pichincha	Ecuador	25000 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	2100 people
Los Rios	Ecuador	47000 people
Cotopaxi	Ecuador	27000 people
Guayas	Ecuador	2.3 million people
Narino	Colombia	57000 people
Carchi	Ecuador	<1000 people
Bolivar	Ecuador	10000 people
Pichincha	Ecuador	750000 people
Narino	Colombia	85000 people
Napo	Ecuador	54000 people
Pastaza	Ecuador	62000 people
Morona-Santiago	Ecuador	12000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cojimíes	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	10 km
Zapotal	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	15 km
Muisne	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	13000 people	27 km
San Francisco	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
Punta Tortuga	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	47 km
Tonchigüe	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	48 km
Galera	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	49 km
Jama	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	73 km
Canoa	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	113 km
Salinas	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	119 km
Bachillero	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	132 km
El Cañaveral	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
Pedernales	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	5900 people	36 km
Atahualpa	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	44 km
Rosa Zárate	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	29000 people	52 km
Cabuyal	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	53 km
Atacames	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	55 km
Diez de Agosto	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	58 km
Guachalá	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	60 km
Lagartera	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	64 km
Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	95000 people	72 km
Convento	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	73 km
Trinidad	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	75 km
Sube y Baja	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	80 km
Pezcadillo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	85 km
E. Alfaro	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	87 km
San Isidro	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	87 km
Las Flores	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	96 km
Sesme	Manabi	Ecuador	Village	-	97 km
Pavón	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	102 km
Puerto Limón	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	105 km
Palmas	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	107 km
Mate	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	115 km
San Vicente	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	118 km
Chone	Manabí	Ecuador	City	44000 people	119 km
San Antonio	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	121 km
Bahía de Caráquez	Manabí	Ecuador	City	24000 people	121 km
Canuto	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	131 km
Calceta	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	17000 people	136 km
El Junco	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	138 km
Las Yucas	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	139 km
Junín	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	9000 people	146 km
Charapotó	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	146 km
Zapote	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	147 km
Crucita	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	153 km
Rocafuerte	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	10000 people	154 km
Los Machos	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	154 km
San Miguel	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	155 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	155 km
Pichincha	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	158 km
Resbalón	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	160 km
Abdón Calderón	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	161 km
Jaramijó	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	165 km
Conguillo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	166 km
Los Potreros	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	179 km
Palomarcado	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	183 km
Hacha	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	183 km
El Carmen	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	62000 people	187 km
Balzar	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	39000 people	193 km
Guarumito	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	193 km
Rioverde	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	97 km
Rocafuerte	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	98 km
Llurimagua	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	105 km
La Aurora	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	109 km
Santo Domingo de los Colorados	Pichincha	Ecuador	City	-	110 km
San Francisco de Onzole	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	111 km
Puerto Naranjo	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	112 km
El Esfuerzo	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	112 km
Paquimaro	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	113 km
San Miguel	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	116 km
San Jose de Cayapas	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	122 km
Consumulo	Los Rios	Ecuador	Village	-	122 km
Timbiré	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	133 km
La Tola	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	134 km
Timbre	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	135 km
Maldonado	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	137 km
La Palma	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	137 km
Cinco de Junio	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	143 km
La Piedra	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	155 km
San Lorenzo	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	20000 people	157 km
Quevedo	Los Ríos	Ecuador	City	120000 people	162 km
San Plácido	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	162 km
Las Mercedes	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	163 km
Valencia	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	163 km
La Maná	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	Village	12000 people	165 km
Honorato Vásquez	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	166 km
Porto Viejo	Manabi	Ecuador	City	-	168 km
Manta	Manabí	Ecuador	City	180000 people	170 km
Sequita	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	170 km
Colón	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	172 km
Cerro	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	174 km
Colorado	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	174 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	175 km
Montecristi	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	18000 people	176 km
La Unión	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	176 km
San Mateo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	176 km
La Pila	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	178 km
Bajo Grande	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	181 km
Santa Ana	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	13000 people	181 km
Pacoche	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	183 km
Aromo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	187 km
Punta de Piedra	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	190 km
Río de Caña	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	191 km
San Lorenzo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	191 km
El Cacao	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	192 km
Guayacana	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	192 km
Sancán	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	194 km
Bellavista	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	194 km
Río Seco	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	195 km
Membrillal	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	196 km
Olmedo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	198 km
Caña	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	198 km
Naranjada	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	198 km
Palenque	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	9100 people	201 km
Noboa	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	203 km
Puerto Pechiche	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	203 km
Jipijapa	Manabí	Ecuador	City	36000 people	203 km
Digna	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	204 km
Cantagallo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	205 km
San Gabriel	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	207 km
Zapotal	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	208 km
Moquique	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	209 km
América	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	209 km
Cayo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	210 km
Las Cañas	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	212 km
Colimes	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	9300 people	212 km
Vinces	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	32000 people	214 km
Matapalo	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	215 km
Julcuy	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	218 km
Banepo	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	219 km
Catarama	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	9700 people	221 km
Paján	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	7400 people	222 km
Guale	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	223 km
Antonio Sotomayor	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	223 km
El Carmen	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	224 km
San Clemente	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	225 km
Santa Lucía	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	231 km
Merella	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	233 km
Miniatura	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	233 km
Potrero de la Virgen	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	237 km
Pozuelos	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	238 km
Potosí	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	238 km
Pita	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	241 km
San Vicente	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	243 km
Pedro Carbo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	23000 people	244 km
Bocana	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	244 km
Babahoyo	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	76000 people	244 km
Daule	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	48000 people	247 km
Lomas de Sargentillo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	7500 people	249 km
Isidro Ayora	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	249 km
Nobol	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	253 km
Baquerizo Moreno	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	253 km
Tamarindo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	259 km
Capone	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	261 km
San Luis	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	267 km
Yaguachi	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	28000 people	274 km
Lelia	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	128 km
Pacto	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	129 km
Tarabita	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	131 km
Gualea	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	135 km
Rancho del Medio	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	135 km
San Carlos	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	138 km
San Francisco de las Pampas	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	Village	-	141 km
García Moreno	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	145 km
Pucayacu	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	Village	-	151 km
Guasaganda	Cotopaxi	Ecuador	Village	-	156 km
Alto Tambo	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	166 km
Espriella	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	187 km
El Coco	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	203 km
Travesía	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	203 km
Pocita	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	221 km
Machalilla	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	223 km
Bijagual	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	-	230 km
Pedro Pablo Gómez	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	231 km
Cascajal	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	232 km
Puerto López	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	235 km
Cruz de Guanábano	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	238 km
López	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	239 km
San Geronimo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	247 km
Montalvo	Los Ríos	Ecuador	Village	15000 people	249 km
Victoria	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	261 km
Pascuales	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	270 km
Bajada de Colonche	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	275 km
Lorenzo de Garaicoa	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	275 km
Colonche	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	277 km
Mariscal Sucre	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	278 km
Boliche	Guayas	Ecuador	City	-	279 km
Alfaro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	282 km
José Real	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	284 km
Guayaquil	Guayas	Ecuador	Major city	1.9 million people	285 km
Sitio Córdova	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	286 km
Chongoncito	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	288 km
Tauro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	291 km
Recreo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	298 km
Mercedes	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	300 km
Vainilla	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	304 km
M.J. Calle	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	306 km
Quito	Pichincha	Ecuador	Capital	1.4 million people	172 km
Tumbaco	Pichincha	Ecuador	Village	-	183 km
Tumaco	Narino	Colombia	Village	86000 people	202 km
Osayacu	Napo	Ecuador	Village	-	272 km
Archidona	Napo	Ecuador	Village	7300 people	277 km
Tena	Napo	Ecuador	Village	17000 people	280 km
Ila	Napo	Ecuador	Village	-	288 km
Mera	Pastaza	Ecuador	Village	-	288 km
Puyo	Pastaza	Ecuador	Village	25000 people	299 km
Indeyama	Pastaza	Ecuador	Village	-	314 km
Arapiccos	Morona-Santiago	Ecuador	Village	-	332 km
Maria Auxiliadora	Morona-Santiago	Ecuador	Village	-	339 km

see full list

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
Pedernales		20				0	36 km
General Rivadeneira	ESM	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	76 km
Los Perales	BHA	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4400	120 km
Reales Tamarindos	PVO	44	Civ.	Paved	No	7200	167 km
Eloy Alfaro	MEC	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9300	167 km
Santo Domingo Los Colorados		521	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	106 km
Los Perez		23				0	159 km
Quevedo North		107				0	162 km
Jipijapa	JIP	unknown				0	206 km
Loma Larga		64				0	213 km
Hacienda la Julia		15				0	233 km
Babahoyo North		17				0	234 km
Martinica		27				0	236 km
La Clementina		100				0	238 km
Simon Bolivar International	GYE	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	280 km
San Carlos		30				0	286 km
Taura		17				0	291 km
La Florida	TCO	2	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5200	207 km
Mayor Galo Torres		518	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	280 km
Rio Amazonas	PTZ	1043	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	295 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cojimies		Ecuador	8 km
Esmeraldas	ECESM	Ecuador	75 km
Balao Terminal	ECEBL	Ecuador	76 km
Bahia de Caraquez		Ecuador	119 km
Rioverde		Ecuador	83 km
Puerto de San Lorenzo		Ecuador	157 km
Manta	ECMEC	Ecuador	169 km
Duran	ECDUN	Ecuador	283 km
Guayaquil	ECGYE	Ecuador	285 km
Prtmaritimo		Ecuador	294 km
Tumaco	COTCO	Colombia	203 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
El Carrizal	El Carrizal	n/a	140 km
Daule Peripa	Daule	1987	145 km
Poza Honda	Portoviejo	1971	167 km

More information

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