Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 15 Apr 2020 10:59 UTC

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M 5.7 in Colombia on 15 Apr 2020 10:59 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:	5.7M
Depth:	53 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.0471 , -74.4343
Event Date:	15 Apr 2020 10:59 UTC 15 Apr 2020 05:59 Local
Exposed Population:	110000 people in MMI 1200000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70008wpb
Inserted at:	17 Apr 2020 09:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70008wpb	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1305667	15 Apr 2020 10:59	5.4M, 10km	6.42	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:22	NEIC
1305697	15 Apr 2020 10:59	5.7M, 10km	6.34	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	03:18	NEIC
1305712	15 Apr 2020 10:59	5.7M, 43.59km	4.78	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	05:14	NEIC
1305829	15 Apr 2020 10:59	5.7M, 53km	4.84	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	1d 22:38	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 , Department of Bolivar (population 1,503,800) . The nearest places are Caserío Las Flores, Palenquito, Palenquito Cucharal, La Costal, Santo Domingo, Las Cajitas, Cieuco, Pan de Oro, Filadelfia, El Palmar, and Los Negros.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.2 million people
75 km	680000 people
50 km	390000 people
20 km	25000 people
10 km	4000 people
5 km	1100 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bolivar	Colombia	1.5 million people
Magdalena	Colombia	960000 people
Sucre	Colombia	630000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Caserío Las Flores	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	4 km
Palenquito	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	6 km
Palenquito Cucharal	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	6 km
La Costal	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	7 km
Santo Domingo	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	8 km
Las Cajitas	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	8 km
Cieuco	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	8 km
Pan de Oro	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	9 km
Filadelfia	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	9 km
El Palmar	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	10 km
Calamar	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	10 km
Las Barajas	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	10 km
San Martin	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	10 km
Camorra	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	11 km
Cate	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	11 km
La Vista	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	11 km
La Estrella	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	11 km
Palomino	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Candelaria	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Santa Helena	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
San José de las Martas	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
Santacoa	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
Cuatro Bocas	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	13 km
Pinillos Barranco de Loba	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	14 km
El Porvenir	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	14 km
Pinillos	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	6200 people	14 km
El Silencio	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	15 km
Conyongal	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	15 km
Lobata	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
La Victoria	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
Baranoa	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
Armenia	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	17 km
Los Mangos	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	17 km
San Sebastián de Buenavista	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	17 km
Punta de Cartagena	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Guataca	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Mamoncito	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Sitio Nuevito	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Las Flores	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Margarita	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	1900 people	19 km
Guaimaral	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Puerto Huitato	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	20 km
Puerto Huitaco	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	20 km
Santa Rosa	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	20 km
Mantequera	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	20 km
Nuevo Horizonte	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
Caserío Mantequeira	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	21 km
Murillo	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
Ancón	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
Mompós	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	28000 people	22 km
Palomar	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
San Fernando	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
España	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
Buenavista	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
Sandoval	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
Los Manguitos	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
Boton de Loiva	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
San Sebastián	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
El Consuelo	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
Barbosa	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
San Cenon	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
Caimital	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
Guataquita	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
Las Conchitas	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
Santa Mónica	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
El Horno	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
Chilloa	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
La Esperanza	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
Palmanto	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
San Nicolás	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
La Victoria	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Las Margaritas	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Puerto Arturo	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Ana Joaquina	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Caserio Penoncito	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
El Guasimo	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Los Cerritos	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Playas Blancas	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Guamal	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	8900 people	27 km
San Fernando	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Sandovalito	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Los Galviz	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Aire Libre	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Puerto López	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
La Ceiba	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Pedregosa	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Santa Cruz	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
El Coco	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Sitio Nuevo	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Playa Alta	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
El Palmar	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Corregimiento Pancequita	Bolivar	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Guacamayal	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Puerto Corozo	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Cuatro Bocas	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Cantera	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
El Peligro	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Angostura	Magdalena	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Pancegüita	Bolívar	Colombia	Village	-	30 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
San Bernardo	MMP	18	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	24 km
Guamal	GAA	unknown				0	25 km
Campamento Petrolero		22				0	34 km
Las Flores	ELB	34	Civ.	Paved	No	4300	51 km
Baracoa	MGN	54	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	52 km
San Marcos	SRS	unknown				0	90 km
Plato	PLT	unknown				0	92 km
Las Brujas	CZU	173	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	99 km

More information

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