Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Nicaragua on 10 Jun 2016 03:25 UTC

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M 6.1 in Nicaragua on 10 Jun 2016 03:25 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:	6.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.841 , -87.0131
Event Date:	10 Jun 2016 03:25 UTC 09 Jun 2016 21:25 Local
Exposed Population:	1830000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us200063cy
Inserted at:	10 Jun 2016 03:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	1		1
us200063cy	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1130707		1	10 Jun 2016 03:25	6.1M, 10km	N/A	1.8 million (in 100km)		00:19	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 Nicaragua ,of Chinandega (population 17,801) . The alertlevel for this event is Orange

Intensity	Population
	18000 people
	99000 people
	590000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1130707	12.841/-87.013	6.1	10	0	17 Oct 2016 11:21	129d 07:56	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chinandega	Nicaragua	18000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	<1000 people
Chinandega	Nicaragua	69000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	5000 people
Choluteca	Honduras	25000 people
Chinandega	Nicaragua	270000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	64000 people
Choluteca	Honduras	240000 people
Chinandega	Nicaragua	29000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	320000 people
Choluteca	Honduras	240000 people
Esteli	Nicaragua	190000 people
Madriz	Nicaragua	140000 people
Valle	Honduras	180000 people
El Paraiso	Honduras	200000 people
Nueva Segovia	Nicaragua	140000 people
Managua	Nicaragua	290000 people
Matagalpa	Nicaragua	320000 people
Francisco Morazan	Honduras	110000 people
Jinotega	Nicaragua	230000 people
La Union	El Salvador	200000 people
San Miguel	El Salvador	260000 people
Boaco	Nicaragua	41000 people
Masaya	Nicaragua	260000 people
Usulutan	El Salvador	63000 people
La Paz	Honduras	no people
Carazo	Nicaragua	190000 people
Granada	Nicaragua	180000 people
Morazan	El Salvador	36000 people
Rivas	Nicaragua	7700 people
Olancho	Honduras	6100 people
San Vicente	El Salvador	4900 people
La Paz	El Salvador	7900 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Puente	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	9 km
San Ramón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	12 km
Mokorón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	8 km
Los Ángeles	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	14 km
San Miguelito	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	15 km
Puerto Morazán	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	5500 people	18 km
Delicias	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	18 km
Olomega	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	19 km
El Castaño	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	20 km
El Fortín	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	21 km
Somotillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	15000 people	25 km
Villa Nueva	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	5500 people	26 km
La Calera	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	26 km
San José	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	29 km
Mina El Limón	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	29 km
El Cacao	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	26 km
El Viejo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	53000 people	26 km
Caserío Los Portillos	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	27 km
Chinandega	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	130000 people	27 km
El Entumido	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	28 km
Chichigalpa	Chinandega	Nicaragua	City	33000 people	30 km
San Pablo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	32 km
San Pablo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	34 km
Colonia Adela	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	34 km
El Fortín	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	35 km
Buenos Aires	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	37 km
Rodeo Grande	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	38 km
La Bacinica	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	38 km
San Jacinto	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	39 km
Fátima	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	39 km
San Benito	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	39 km
Corinto	León	Nicaragua	Village	19000 people	42 km
Petacaltepe	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	42 km
Puerto el Barquito	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	44 km
Portobanco	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	44 km
Malpaisillo	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	46 km
San José de la Landa	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	46 km
La Tronconada	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	50 km
Choluteca	Choluteca	Honduras	City	75000 people	55 km
Caserío la Calle Real de Tolape	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	56 km
Monjarás	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	56 km
Hacienda Albania	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	58 km
Apante	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	37 km
Telica	León	Nicaragua	Village	8800 people	40 km
Namasigüe	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	42 km
Santo Tomás	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	43 km
Aposentillo	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	44 km
Linda Vista	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	46 km
Cinco Pinos	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	<1000 people	46 km
Calera	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	-	47 km
León	León	Nicaragua	City	160000 people	47 km
San Francisco	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	47 km
Carao	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	48 km
Santa Teresa	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	50 km
Río Grande	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	50 km
Poneloya	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	51 km
El Potrerito	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	51 km
Achuapa	León	Nicaragua	Village	3300 people	52 km
Santa Ana de Yusguare	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	1800 people	52 km
Palo Blanco	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	52 km
El Trapichito	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	54 km
La Chácara	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	54 km
Las Brisas	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	54 km
Limay	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	-	57 km
Cedeño	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	58 km
Candelaria	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	59 km
Las Cabezas	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	59 km
El Campamento	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	60 km
Las Casillos	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	60 km
San Francisco	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	60 km
Las Pozas	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	60 km
Obraje	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	60 km
Barrio de Tecuaname	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	61 km
Las Tablas	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	61 km
Caserío El Espino	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	61 km
Salale	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	61 km
El Jocote	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	61 km
Las Peraltas	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	62 km
Buena Vista	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	64 km
El Cerro	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	64 km
La Joyada	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	65 km
San Marcos	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	65 km
Momotombi	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	65 km
Caserío Los Zarzales	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	66 km
El Tanque	Chinandega	Nicaragua	Village	-	66 km
La Paz	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	67 km
Salinas Grandes	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	67 km
Los Zarzales	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	67 km
El Parai	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	68 km
El Socorro	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	68 km
El Tempate	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	68 km
San Marcos de Colón	Choluteca	Honduras	City	-	69 km
Las Sabanas	Madriz	Nicaragua	Village	1200 people	70 km
Santa Rosa	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	70 km
La Pintada	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	-	71 km
Liure	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	1000 people	71 km
San Gabriel	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	73 km
Las Cuevas	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	74 km
El Espino	Madriz	Nicaragua	Village	-	74 km
Venecia	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	74 km
El Pochote	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	75 km
El Cardón	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	75 km
Caserío Santa Elena	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	75 km
El Tamarindo	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	75 km
Casita	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	76 km
Estelí	Estelí	Nicaragua	City	90000 people	76 km
Ceiba Mocha	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	77 km
Caserío la Mojarra	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	77 km
Puerto Somoza	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	77 km
El Barro	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	-	77 km
San Clemente	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	78 km
La Cruz de la India	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	78 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	4600 people	78 km
Portillo Grande	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	78 km
Las Mesas	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	78 km
Las Lajitas	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	-	79 km
Horno	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	-	80 km
Nagarote	León	Nicaragua	Village	26000 people	80 km
Caserío El Laurel Galán	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	81 km
Río Grande	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	81 km
San José	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	81 km
Soledad	El Paraíso	Honduras	Village	-	83 km
El Hato	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	84 km
Las Piletas	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	84 km
Somoto	Madriz	Nicaragua	City	20000 people	84 km
Estero del Espino	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	85 km
Caserío El Guisconal	Matagalpa	Nicaragua	Village	-	85 km
La Vainilla	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	-	86 km
San Francisco Libre	Managua	Nicaragua	Village	-	86 km
La Trinidad	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	-	86 km
El Aguacate	Estelí	Nicaragua	Village	-	86 km
El Moray	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	87 km
El Ajustillo	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	88 km
Jicote	Matagalpa	Nicaragua	Village	-	88 km
El Guayabal	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	88 km
El Aguacate	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	89 km
Puerto Grande	Valle	Honduras	Village	-	90 km
Duyure	Choluteca	Honduras	Village	1100 people	90 km
Yalagüina	Madriz	Nicaragua	Village	-	91 km
Decuelito	Madriz	Nicaragua	Village	-	92 km
El Amparo	León	Nicaragua	Village	-	92 km
Nacaome	Valle	Honduras	City	14000 people	92 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Fanor Urroz	100				0	47 km
San Lorenzo	20				0	83 km
Los Brasiles	80	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	102 km
Tamarindo	3				0	104 km
Punta Huete	66				0	105 km
Santa Rosa de Lima	36				0	126 km
Montelimar	30				0	127 km
El Papalon	68				0	138 km
La Carrera	52				0	170 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Corinto	NICIO	Nicaragua	45 km
Puerto Sandino	NIPSN	Nicaragua	76 km
San Lorenzo	HNSLO	Honduras	79 km
Amapala	HNAMP	Honduras	86 km
La Union	SVLUN	El Salvador	105 km
Puerto Masachapa		Nicaragua	128 km
Puerto El Triunfo		El Salvador	173 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		El Mancotal	Tuma	n/a	128 km

More information

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