Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru from 14 Jan 2018 09:18 UTC to 09:18

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M 7.3 in Peru from 14 Jan 2018 09:18 UTC to 09:18

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.3M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.698 , -74.675
Event Date:	14 Jan 2018 09:18 UTC 14 Jan 2018 04:18 Local
Exposed Population:	About 2000 people in MMI About 63000 people within 100km
Source:	PTWC pt18014000
Inserted at:	14 Jan 2018 09:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
PTWC	1		0.8		1
pt18014000	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave scenario	1.21m
	C1 shakemap	0	Max wave realtime	0.81m
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1194241	1	14 Jan 2018 09:18	7.1M, 10km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)	0.4m (at 00:06)	00:06	GEOFON
1194243	1	14 Jan 2018 09:18	7.3M, 10km	7.38	3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.8m (at 00:06)	00:08	PTWC
1194246	1.2	14 Jan 2018 09:18	7.3M, 10km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	0.6m (at 00:26)	00:10	NTWC
1194254	0.8	14 Jan 2018 09:18	7.3M, 12.09km	7.38	3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.8m (at 00:08)	00:21	NEIC
1194259	0.2	14 Jan 2018 09:18	7.1M, 36.25km	6.44	3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:10)	00:57	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 Peru , Department of Arequipa (population 1,079,500) . The nearest places are Chaviña, Yauca, Las Tres Quebradas, Cancino, Chipchipa, Tanaca, Puerto de Lomas, Bella Unión, Acarí, Atiquipa, and Marcona.

Radius	Population
100 km	64000 people
75 km	25000 people
50 km	10000 people
20 km	1200 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Arequipa	Peru	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Chaviña	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	8 km
Yauca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	15 km
Las Tres Quebradas	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	17 km
Cancino	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	19 km
Chipchipa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	23 km
Tanaca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	23 km
Puerto de Lomas	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	24 km
Bella Unión	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	25 km
Acarí	Arequipa	Peru	Village	4200 people	30 km
Atiquipa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	34 km
Jaquí	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	34 km
Lucasi	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	38 km
Llucyuca ó Cueva Santa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	38 km
Parcoy	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	41 km
El Jaguay	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	43 km
Magdalena	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	44 km
Huarato	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	46 km
Colca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	47 km
El Convento	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	49 km
Chala Viejo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	49 km
Chala	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	50 km
Campamento Tres Hermanas	Ica	Peru	Village	-	50 km
Umarote	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	54 km
El Molino	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	56 km
Capillayoj	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	58 km
Indio Muerto	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	58 km
La Charpa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	59 km
Pampa Redonda	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	62 km
Laguna Grande	Ica	Peru	Village	-	63 km
El Cuatro	Ica	Peru	Village	-	63 km
San Juan	Ica	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Carrizal	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	64 km
Angostura	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	65 km
Angostura	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	67 km
Guarango	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	67 km
Huanca	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	68 km
Carbonera	Ica	Peru	Village	-	68 km
Puerto San Juan	Ica	Peru	Village	-	69 km
Huicho	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	69 km
Marcona	Ica	Peru	Village	15000 people	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
Yauca		150	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	17 km
San Juan de Marcona	SJA	44	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	62 km
Nazca		567	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Juan	PESJA	Peru	64 km
San Nicolas	PESNX	Peru	77 km

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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