Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia from 01 May 2009 15:44 UTC to 15:44

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M 4.6 in Colombia from 01 May 2009 15:44 UTC to 15:44

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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	23.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.9401 , -76.1372
Event Date:	01 May 2009 15:44 UTC 01 May 2009 10:44 Local
Exposed Population:	2420000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 May 2009 16:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
56552	0.5	01 May 2009 15:44	5M, 10km	N/A	670 thousand (in 100km)	00:16	GEOFON
56553	0.5	01 May 2009 15:44	4.6M, 23.7km	N/A	2.4 million (in 100km)	00:25	NEIC
56561	0.5	01 May 2009 15:44	4.8M, 24km	N/A	620 thousand (in 100km)	01:22	EMSC
56563	0.5	01 May 2009 15:44	4.8M, 28km	N/A	560 thousand (in 100km)	02:21	GEOFON
56648	0.5	01 May 2009 15:44	4.5M, 4km	N/A	570 thousand (in 100km)	1d 11:55	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 Antioquia (population 4,601,187) . The nearest places are El Vallecito, Barranquilla Betania, Vega del Inglés, Altamira, Badillo, Armenia, Peque, Uramagrande, Antasales, Cruces, and Juan José.

Radius	Population
100 km	720000 people
75 km	290000 people
50 km	92000 people
20 km	11000 people
10 km	2100 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Antioquia	Colombia	4.6 million people
Cordoba	Colombia	1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Vallecito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	2 km
Barranquilla Betania	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	14 km
Vega del Inglés	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
Altamira	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	17 km
Badillo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Armenia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Peque	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	1800 people	21 km
Uramagrande	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
Antasales	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
Cruces	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Ituango	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	11000 people	28 km
El Congutal	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Orobajo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Patio Bonito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
La Trinidad	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Cacagual	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Juntas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Trapiche	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	31 km
La Granja	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	31 km
Barbacoas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
El Chaquiro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
Brugo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
Cedral	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Guayabito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Dabeiba	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	11000 people	37 km
El Carmen	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Uramita	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	2300 people	38 km
El Valle	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Tuyagano	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Toledo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	4500 people	38 km
San Agustín	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Buenavista	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Bruselas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Limón	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Buenavista	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Caraeperro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Sabanalarga	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	2500 people	42 km
Sanvanalarga	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Lona de Goes	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Cienaga	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Pegadó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Agualinda	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
El Roblal	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Ochalí	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Giradito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Mutatá	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Frontino	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	8500 people	48 km
Cruces	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Chontaduro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Cañasgordas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Venados	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Buenos Aires	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Rodas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
La Margarita	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
La Antigua	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Montañón	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Angelina	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Chorrera	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Águila	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Río Sucio	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	55 km
La Linda	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	56 km
Carmen	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	56 km
Musinga	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	57 km
Giraldo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	1500 people	58 km
Remolino	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	59 km
Builópolis	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	59 km
La Blanquita	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	60 km
Encenillo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	60 km
Liborina	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	2400 people	60 km
Valdivia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	3400 people	60 km
Quebraditas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	60 km
Abriaquí	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	60 km
La rica	Córdoba	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
Pavarandocito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
Pavarando Grande	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
San Fermín	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	64 km
Puerto Espíritu Santo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	64 km
Gollas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Murrí	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Aragón	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Puerto Valdivia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	67 km
Palenque	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	67 km
Bebo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	67 km
Yarumal	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	22000 people	67 km
Carauta	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	67 km
Candelaria	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	69 km
Juan José	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	69 km

see full list

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
Chigorodo	IGO	unknown				0	95 km
Urrao	URR	unknown				0	97 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Miraflores	Tenche	1965	87 km
Urra 1	Sinu	n/a	94 km
Rio Grande 2	Rio Grande	1988	96 km

More information

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