Overall Green Earthquake alert in Haiti from 07 Oct 2018 00:11 UTC to 00:11

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M 5.9 in Haiti from 07 Oct 2018 00:11 UTC to 00:11

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Depth:	15.26 Km
Lat/Lon:	20.013 , -73.0058
Event Date:	07 Oct 2018 00:11 UTC 06 Oct 2018 20:11 Local
Exposed Population:	2300000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000h8an
Inserted at:	07 Oct 2018 00:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	7.4 (Haiti)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	2.6		2.6
us1000h8an	Scaled population (vector)	6.43
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	1
	INFORM_normalised	1.27

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1230804		2.6	07 Oct 2018 00:11	5.9M, 15.26km	5.89	2.3 million (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC
1230813		0.5	07 Oct 2018 00:11	5.9M, 11.74km	4.94	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:13	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 in Haiti , Department of Nord-Ouest (population 395,442) . The nearest places are Gros Bassin, Dupuis, Port-de-Paix, La Croix, Beau Champ, Gélin, Voûte I'Église, Almaçenes, Fond Goriose, Jean Rabel, and Almerac.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.3 million people
75 km	1.4 million people
50 km	760000 people
20 km	92000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nord-Ouest	Haiti	400000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Gros Bassin	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	18 km
Dupuis	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	18 km
Port-de-Paix	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	34000 people	20 km
La Croix	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	21 km
Beau Champ	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	22 km
Gélin	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	23 km
Voûte I'Église	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	23 km
Almaçenes	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	24 km
Fond Goriose	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	25 km
Jean Rabel	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	26 km
Saint Louis du Nord	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	31 km
Atrelle	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	32 km
Chapereau	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	33 km
Bambou	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	33 km
L'Échange	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	34 km
Bassin	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	36 km
Aux Plains	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	36 km
Bellevue	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	37 km
Anse Rouge	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	42 km
Sources Chaudes	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	43 km
Grande Plaine	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	43 km
Mole-Saint-Nicolas	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	3200 people	44 km
Baie-de-Henne	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	1700 people	44 km
Beaumond	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	46 km
Bombardopolis	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	1900 people	50 km
Gros Morne	Artibonite	Haiti	City	-	51 km
Terre Neuve	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	51 km
Petit Bourg	Nord	Haiti	Village	-	51 km
Fatgunt	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	56 km
Barcadère Trompe	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	56 km
La Plateforme	Nord-Ouest	Haiti	Village	-	57 km
Ballon	Nord	Haiti	Village	-	59 km
Grande Savane	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	60 km
Barque	Nord	Haiti	Village	-	61 km
Almerac	Artibonite	Haiti	Village	-	65 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
Port-de-Paix	PAX	unknown				0	19 km
Cap Haitien	CAP	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	90 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Port de Paiz		Haiti	20 km
Cayman Brac		Haiti	39 km
Gonaives	HTGVS	Haiti	70 km
Cap Haitien	HTCAP	Haiti	90 km

More information

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