Overall Green Earthquake alert in Costa Rica on 19 Oct 2021 06:32 UTC

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M 4.6 in Costa Rica on 19 Oct 2021 06:32 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:	4.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.3291 , -84.6284
Event Date:	19 Oct 2021 06:32 UTC 19 Oct 2021 00:32 Local
Exposed Population:	3.1 million in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000fvtt
Inserted at:	19 Oct 2021 06:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.7 (Costa Rica)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000fvtt	Scaled population (vector)	5.7
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.58
	INFORM_normalised	0.71

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1403203		0	19 Oct 2021 06:32	4.6M, 10km	N/A	3.1 million (in 100km)		00:18	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 Costa Rica , Province of Puntarenas (population 384,746) . The nearest places are Esterillos Este, Quina, Esterillo Este, Bejuco, Pochotal, San Julián, Chires, San Isidro, Loma, Guapinol, and San José.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.1 million people
75 km	290000 people
50 km	46000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	380000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Esterillos Este	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	26 km
Quina	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	29 km
Esterillo Este	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	29 km
Bejuco	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	30 km
Pochotal	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	30 km
San Julián	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	32 km
Chires	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	33 km
San Isidro	San Jose	Costa Rica	Village	-	35 km
Loma	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	35 km
Guapinol	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	36 km
Finca la Palma	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	36 km
Fila Negra	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	36 km
Angostura	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	36 km
Herradura	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	37 km
Finca Flor	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	37 km
Gamalotillo	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	37 km
Pericos	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	37 km
Alto Espavel	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	39 km
Julieta	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	39 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	39 km
Parrita	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	3500 people	40 km
Finca Tigre	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	40 km
Gloria	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	41 km
Ángeles	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	41 km
Lajas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	41 km
Mesas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	42 km
Alto Gloria	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	42 km
Rio Negro	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	42 km
Finca Palo Seco	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	43 km
Sardinal	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	43 km
Guarumalito	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	44 km
Las Delicias	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	44 km
Finca Nicoya	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	44 km
Guarumal	San Jose	Costa Rica	Village	-	45 km
Chirraca	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	45 km
San Miguel	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	45 km
Venado	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	45 km
San Vicente	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	46 km
Sardinal Sur	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	46 km
Playón	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	46 km
Fila Aguacate	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	46 km
Surubres	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	47 km
Camaronal	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	47 km
Mastatal	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	48 km
San Gerardo	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	48 km
Santa Rosa	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	48 km
Damas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	48 km
Las Lajas	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	49 km
Horvenir	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	50 km
Rey	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	50 km
Carmona	San Jose	Costa Rica	Village	-	50 km
Ríos	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	50 km
Porvenir	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	50 km
Lanas	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	51 km
Vegas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	51 km
Alto Concepción	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	51 km
Carara	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	51 km
Paquita	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	52 km
San Antonio	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	52 km
Manuel Antonio Finca	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	53 km
Vara Blanca	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	53 km
Tulín	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	53 km
Puerto Quepos	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	53 km
San Rafael	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	53 km
Quivel	San Jose	Costa Rica	Village	-	54 km
Canitas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	54 km
Capulín	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	54 km
Túfares	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	54 km
Caspirola	San Jose	Costa Rica	Village	-	55 km
Salitrales	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	55 km
Bajo Perez	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	55 km
Finca Managua	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	55 km
Pital	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	55 km
Quebrada Azul	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	56 km
Bajo Quesada	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	56 km
Cerritos	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	56 km
Pascua	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	56 km
Carmen	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	57 km
Bajamar	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	57 km
Bocana	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	57 km
Colorado	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	57 km
Sabanas	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	58 km
Llamoron	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	58 km
Jilgueral	San Jose	Costa Rica	Village	-	58 km
Gallega	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	58 km
Paso Los Indios	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	58 km
Cabuya	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	58 km
Teruel	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	59 km
El Plomo	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	59 km
Llano Hermoso	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	59 km
Naranjito	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	60 km
Moctezuma	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	60 km
Candelarita	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	60 km
Santa Lucía	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 km
San Luis	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 km
Llorona	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 km
Cotos	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 km
Alto el Aguacate	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 km
Sabanillas	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 km
Capital	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 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
Quepos Managua		32	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	56 km
Tambor	TMU	unknown				0	62 km
Chacarita		2	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	74 km
Juan Santamaria International	SJO	921	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	87 km
Tobias Bolanos International	SYQ	994	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	88 km
Palo Arco		100	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	88 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Quepos (Puerto Quepos)	CRXQP	Costa Rica	52 km
Caldera	CRCAL	Costa Rica	64 km
Puntarenas	CRPAS	Costa Rica	74 km
Dominical		Costa Rica	90 km

More information

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