Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru on 15 Aug 2016 02:58 UTC

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M 5.4 in Peru on 15 Aug 2016 02:58 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:	5.4M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.6128 , -71.6707
Event Date:	15 Aug 2016 02:58 UTC 14 Aug 2016 21:58 Local
Exposed Population:	1090000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006du3
Inserted at:	15 Aug 2016 03:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006du3	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
1136710		0	15 Aug 2016 02:58	5.4M, 10km	N/A	1.1 million (in 100km)		00:22	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 Peru ,of Arequipa (population 46,503) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1136710	-15.613/-71.671	5.4	10	0	13 Oct 2016 14:54	59d 11:55	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Arequipa	Peru	47000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Coporaque	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	3 km
Sueterapa Pata	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	6 km
Achoma	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	8 km
Chivay	Arequipa	Peru	Village	4500 people	8 km
Lari	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	11 km
Maca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	12 km
Madrigal	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	15 km
Pinchollo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	19 km
Macalla	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	31 km
Cabanoconde	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	34 km
Llanca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	41 km
Tarucane	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	42 km
Ajpi	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	46 km
Cailloma	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	48 km
Huaynapatacabildo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	50 km
Huambo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	50 km
Choca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	51 km
Flor del Mundo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	52 km
Miña	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	53 km
La Mina	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	53 km
Huasamayo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	56 km
Sucna	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	61 km
Ayo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Chacas	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Illigua	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	67 km
Chipchane	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	74 km
Andagua	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	75 km
Collopampa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	76 km
Huincocau	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	79 km

see full list

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
	Huambo		3283	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	48 km
	Minas Buenaventura		3719	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	80 km

More information

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