Overall Green Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 02 Sep 2017 12:36 UTC

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M 4.6 in Ecuador on 02 Sep 2017 12:36 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:	-0.7407 , -91.5922
Event Date:	02 Sep 2017 12:36 UTC 02 Sep 2017 06:36 Local
Exposed Population:	About 2000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000ae4k
Inserted at:	02 Sep 2017 13:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000ae4k	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1179194		0	02 Sep 2017 12:36	4.6M, 10km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)		00:23	NEIC

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* 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 Ecuador , Province of Galapagos (population 10,748) . The nearest places are Santo Tomás, and Puerto Villamil.

Radius	Population
100 km	2400 people
75 km	2300 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Galapagos	Ecuador	11000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Santo Tomás	Galapagos	Ecuador	Village	-	62 km
Puerto Villamil	Galapagos	Ecuador	Village	-	69 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
Puerto Villamil		30				0	74 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Caleta Tagus	ECCAT	Ecuador	58 km

More information

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