Overall Green Earthquake alert in El Salvador on 31 Jul 2019 05:54 UTC

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M 5.9 in El Salvador on 31 Jul 2019 05:54 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:	5.9M
Depth:	72.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.2662 , -89.3376
Event Date:	31 Jul 2019 05:54 UTC 30 Jul 2019 23:54 Local
Exposed Population:	1300000 people in MMI 4860000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60004xtc
Inserted at:	01 Aug 2019 05:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Guatemala= 5.5; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us60004xtc	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.05

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1267620		0	31 Jul 2019 05:54	5.9M, 72.5km	5.04	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:03	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 El Salvador , Department of La Libertad (population 487,299) . The nearest places are La Libertad, San Diego, El Sunzal, Cangrejera, El Cimarrón, Hacienda Taquillo, Cantón Pimiental, Plan del Mango, Santa Clara, Hacienda San Benito, and Quita Calzón.

Radius	Population
100 km	4.9 million people
75 km	3.5 million people
50 km	880000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
La Libertad	El Salvador	490000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Libertad	La Libertad	El Salvador	City	17000 people	24 km
San Diego	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	26 km
El Sunzal	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	26 km
Cangrejera	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	28 km
El Cimarrón	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	30 km
Hacienda Taquillo	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	31 km
Cantón Pimiental	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	31 km
Plan del Mango	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	-	31 km
Santa Clara	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	33 km
Hacienda San Benito	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	34 km
Las Dispensas	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	36 km
El Carrizal	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	-	37 km
Huizúcar	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	37 km
El Níspero	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	37 km
Comalapa	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	38 km
Chiltiupán	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	38 km
San Felipe	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	39 km
El Ángel	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	41 km
San Francisco El Potrerón	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	41 km
Olocuilta	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	6200 people	41 km
Panchimalco	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	6700 people	42 km
El Rosario	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	5500 people	43 km
Nuevo Cuscatlán	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	6500 people	43 km
La Herradura	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	43 km
Buena Vista	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	45 km
Nueva San Salvador	La Libertad	El Salvador	City	120000 people	45 km
Jayaque	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	46 km
Finca Santa Elena	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	46 km
El Zapote	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	46 km
Paso de Canoas	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	46 km
Acachapa	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	47 km
Santiago Texacuangos	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	-	48 km
El Mojón	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	48 km
El Golfo	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	49 km
Guadalupe la Zorra	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	50 km
Cuisnahuat	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	50 km
Santa Cruz Chacastal	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	51 km
Santiago Nonualco	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	9400 people	51 km
San Salvador	San Salvador	El Salvador	Capital	520000 people	51 km
El Botoncillal	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	51 km
San Juan Tepezontes	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	52 km
Álvarez	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	52 km
Ateos	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	53 km
El Sauce	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	53 km
Amatitán	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	-	54 km
Las Lomitas	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	55 km
Armenia	Sonsonate	El Salvador	City	15000 people	56 km
Cantón San José de la Montaña	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	56 km
Conacaste	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	56 km
Cerro de Las Flores	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	57 km
El Cacao	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	57 km
Calle Real	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	-	57 km
Zacatecoluca	La Paz	El Salvador	City	39000 people	57 km
San Pedro Nonualco	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	58 km
Los Cóbanos	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	58 km
Las Delicias	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	-	58 km
Las Mesas	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	59 km
Amayo	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	59 km
Miravalles	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	61 km
Barrio Nuevo	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	61 km
Candelaria	Cuscatlán	El Salvador	Village	-	61 km
Apopa	San Salvador	El Salvador	City	110000 people	61 km
Barrie la Cruz	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	-	62 km
El Caracol	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	62 km
Agua Escondida	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	62 km
Ciudad Arce	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	10000 people	63 km
Quezaltepeque	La Libertad	El Salvador	City	28000 people	63 km
Hacienda Santa Clara	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	63 km
Cuyagualo	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	63 km
Jerusalén	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	64 km
Izalco	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	19000 people	64 km
Acajutla	Sonsonate	El Salvador	City	22000 people	64 km
Caserío San Carlos	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	65 km
Sonsonate	Sonsonate	El Salvador	City	59000 people	65 km
El Coyolito	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	66 km
Cantón Las Lajas	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	66 km
Cojutepeque	Cuscatlán	El Salvador	City	48000 people	67 km
La Esperanza	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	67 km
Istagua	Cuscatlan	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
El Porvenir	Santa Ana	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
Valle Nuevo	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
San Fernando	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
Cupatacho	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
Ánimas	Cuscatlan	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
Montepeque	Cuscatlán	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
Nuevo Tepetitán	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	69 km
Las Mercedes	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	69 km
Isla de Méndez	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	69 km
Los Palmitos	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	69 km
Caserío Los Pozos	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	-	70 km
Guasapa	San Salvador	El Salvador	Village	-	70 km
Metalío	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	70 km
Quita Calzón	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	70 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
El Salvador International	SAL	31	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500	36 km
Ilopango International		616	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7300	54 km
Rio Sucio Highway Strip		491				0	56 km
El Playon		79				0	66 km
La Carrera		52				0	90 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
La Libertad	SVLLD	El Salvador	24 km
Acajutla	SVAQJ	El Salvador	64 km
Puerto El Triunfo		El Salvador	85 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Cerron Grande	Lempa	1973	87 km
	15 de Septiembre	Lempa	n/a	93 km

More information

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