Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 06 Feb 2017 13:02 UTC

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M 5.4 in Colombia on 06 Feb 2017 13:02 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:	32.02 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.4295 , -74.652
Event Date:	06 Feb 2017 13:02 UTC 06 Feb 2017 08:02 Local
Exposed Population:	1130000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008hx7
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2017 15:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
us20008hx7	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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
1156453		0.8	06 Feb 2017 13:02	5.6M, 37.33km	4.08	1.1 million (in 100km)		00:21	NEIC
1156486		0.6	06 Feb 2017 13:02	5.4M, 32.02km	4.08	1.1 million (in 100km)		02:21	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 Colombia ,of Huila (population 64,101) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1156453	3.428/-74.665	5.6	37.33	4.08	06 Feb 2017 13:25	00:22	(new episode)
2	1156453	3.428/-74.665	5.6	37.33	4.08	06 Feb 2017 15:16	02:13	(upd of #1)
3	1156486	3.43/-74.652	5.4	32.02	4.08	06 Feb 2017 15:25	02:22	(new episode)
4	1156486	3.43/-74.652	5.4	32.02	4.08	07 Mar 2017 10:31	28d 21:28	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Huila	Colombia	64000 people
Meta	Colombia	9800 people
Tolima	Colombia	250000 people
Distrito Especial	Colombia	1.1 million people
Cundinamarca	Colombia	220000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Legiosa	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
Colombia	Huila	Colombia	Village	2400 people	17 km
Rionegro	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Dolores	Tolima	Colombia	Village	3700 people	30 km
Monguí	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Alpujara	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
La Ensillada	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Uribe	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Aco Nuevo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Puerto Crevaux	Meta	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Prado	Tolima	Colombia	Village	3500 people	47 km
Natagaima	Tolima	Colombia	Village	11000 people	54 km
Baraya	Huila	Colombia	Village	4400 people	54 km
San Miguel	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	55 km
Castillo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	58 km
Las Brisas	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	61 km
Cabuyales	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
Castilla	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
Tello	Huila	Colombia	Village	4800 people	66 km
Villavieja	Huila	Colombia	Village	2700 people	67 km
La Polonia	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	70 km
La Chamba	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	70 km
Saldana	Tolima	Colombia	Village	8800 people	72 km
Colache	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	73 km
Guamo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	15000 people	74 km
Fortalecillas	Huila	Colombia	Village	-	80 km
El Espinal	Tolima	Colombia	City	-	84 km
Fontibón	Distrito Capital	Colombia	Village	-	149 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
Uribe	URI	unknown				0	37 km
Santiago Vila	GIR	285	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5200	95 km
Eldorado International	BOG	2547	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12400	152 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Prado	Prado	1971	45 km

More information

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