Overall Green Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 19 Dec 2016 07:11 UTC

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M 5.4 in Ecuador on 19 Dec 2016 07:11 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:	0.8161 , -79.7398
Event Date:	19 Dec 2016 07:11 UTC 19 Dec 2016 02:11 Local
Exposed Population:	580000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us200082i5
Inserted at:	19 Dec 2016 07:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us200082i5	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
1151186		0	19 Dec 2016 07:11	5.4M, 10km	N/A	580 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 184,486) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	180000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1151186	0.816/-79.74	5.4	10	0	19 Dec 2016 16:07	08:55	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	180000 people
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	120000 people
Manabi	Ecuador	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	95000 people	18 km
Atacames	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	12 km
Tonchigüe	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	23 km
Galera	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Punta Tortuga	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	37 km
Muisne	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	13000 people	39 km
San Francisco	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	39 km
Zapotal	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	51 km

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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
	General Rivadeneira	ESM	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	22 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Esmeraldas	ECESM	Ecuador	21 km
Balao Terminal	ECEBL	Ecuador	23 km
Rioverde		Ecuador	31 km
Cojimies		Ecuador	61 km

More information

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