Overall Green Earthquake alert in El Salvador on 24 Apr 2024 07:15 UTC

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M 4.5 in El Salvador on 24 Apr 2024 07:15 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	4.5M
Depth:	61.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.8943 , -88.714
Event Date:	24 Apr 2024 07:15 UTC 24 Apr 2024 01:15 Local
Exposed Population:	3.9 million in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us6000mteu
Inserted at:	24 Apr 2024 07:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (El Salvador)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000mteu	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1566956		0	24 Apr 2024 07:15	4.5M, 61.8km	3.5	3.9 million (in 100km)		00:13	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.9 million people
75 km	610000 people
50 km	44000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Isla de Méndez	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	38 km
Corral de Mulas	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	39 km
El Espíritu Santo	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	-	41 km
Las Mesas	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	45 km
Caserío Los Pozos	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	-	45 km
Puerto Del Triunfo	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	-	46 km
El Chile	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	46 km
Cantón San José de la Montaña	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	48 km
El Zapote	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	50 km
Jiquilisco	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	9100 people	50 km
Iglesia Vieja	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	-	51 km
Hacienda La Normandía	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	51 km
Hacienda La Chepona	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	51 km
Quita Calzón	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	52 km
Guadalupe la Zorra	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	53 km
Caserío San Carlos	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	54 km
Balneario El Espino	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	-	56 km
Hule Chacho	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	56 km
Los Eucaliptos	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	56 km
La Herradura	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	57 km
Hacienda San José	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	57 km
Las Lomitas	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	58 km
Usulután	Usulután	El Salvador	City	43000 people	59 km
Hacienda Obrajuelo	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	59 km
Anchila	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	-	60 km
San Nicolás Lempa	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	60 km
Barrio Nuevo	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	60 km
San Agustín	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	1800 people	61 km
Gualache	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	62 km
El Golfo	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	64 km
La Periquera	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	-	64 km
Jucuarán	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	1400 people	64 km
Cantón Pimiental	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	65 km
Aceituno	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	65 km
San Fernando	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	65 km
El Cedro	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	66 km
El Caracol	San Vicente	El Salvador	Village	-	66 km
San Rafael Oriente	San Miguel	El Salvador	Village	-	67 km
El Volcán	Usulutan	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
San Felipe	La Paz	El Salvador	Village	-	68 km
Berlín	Usulután	El Salvador	Village	9300 people	69 km
El Huiscoyol	San Miguel	El Salvador	Village	-	70 km
Zacatecoluca	La Paz	El Salvador	City	39000 people	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
La Carrera		52				0	51 km
El Playon		79				0	62 km
El Salvador International	SAL	31	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500	71 km
El Papalon		68				0	88 km
Tamarindo		3				0	92 km
Ilopango International		616	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7300	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto El Triunfo		El Salvador	45 km
La Libertad	SVLLD	El Salvador	92 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	15 de Septiembre	Lempa	1983	82 km

More information

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