Overall Green Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 22 Feb 2019 10:40 UTC

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M 5.5 in Ecuador on 22 Feb 2019 10:40 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:	5.5M
Depth:	82.13 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.2982 , -79.733
Event Date:	22 Feb 2019 10:40 UTC 22 Feb 2019 05:40 Local
Exposed Population:	4580000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000jlh2
Inserted at:	22 Feb 2019 10:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000jlh2	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.9

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1249836		0	22 Feb 2019 10:40	5.5M, 82.13km	4.44	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:14	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 Ecuador , Province of Guayas (population 2,762,596) . The nearest places are Taura, Recreo, San Antonio, La Esperanza, Rosa Elvira, Pocos Palos, Papayal, Jahuito, Pocopal, Hacienda Elvia, and Bella Vista.

Radius	Population
100 km	4.6 million people
75 km	4 million people
50 km	3.3 million people
20 km	830000 people
10 km	9700 people
5 km	1500 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guayas	Ecuador	2.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Taura	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	1 km
Recreo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	2 km
San Antonio	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	2 km
La Esperanza	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	3 km
Rosa Elvira	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	6 km
Pocos Palos	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	6 km
Papayal	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	6 km
Jahuito	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	6 km
Pocopal	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	7 km
Hacienda Elvia	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	8 km
Sauce	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	9 km
La Palma	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	10 km
La Unión	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	11 km
Nueva Colonia	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	11 km
Punta Miel	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	12 km
Tauro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	12 km
Delia	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	12 km
Vuelta Larga	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	13 km
Santa Rosa	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	13 km
General Pedro J. Montero	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	13 km
La Flora	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	14 km
Buena Fe	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	14 km
Gazar	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	14 km
Tres Cerritos	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	15 km
La Cepa	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	16 km
Samborondon	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	17 km
Santa Domingo Chico	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	17 km
Nueva Era	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	17 km
Ed Martillo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Churute	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Alfaro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Mirador	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Norton	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Yaguachi Viejo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
La Revancha	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
El Porvenix	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Nueva Fortuna	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	19 km
Casiguana	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	19 km
San Jorge	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	19 km
El Paraiso de Chobo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	19 km
Puerto Capricho	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	20 km
Punta de Piedras	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	20 km
Chobo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	20 km
Diez de Agosto	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	20 km
El Triunfo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	21 km
San Carlos	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	21 km
Guayaquil	Guayas	Ecuador	Major city	1.9 million people	21 km
El Progreso	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	22 km
Santa Domingo Grande	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	22 km
Puerto de Ébano	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	22 km
Cooperativa Valasco Ibarra	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	23 km
El Mango	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	23 km
San Pedro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	23 km
Yaguachi	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	28000 people	23 km
Vainilla	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	24 km
Flor del Bosque	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	24 km
Olive	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	24 km
Ruidoso	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	24 km
Chanchan	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	24 km
Boliche	Guayas	Ecuador	City	-	25 km
Mapasingue	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	25 km
Blanca Nieves	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	26 km
El Guabo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	26 km
San Lorenzo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	26 km
Viterbo Puig	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	26 km
Roberto Astadillo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	27 km
Sitio Córdova	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	27 km
Barranco	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	27 km
Bujo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	28 km
Puerto de Roma	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	28 km
Santa Isabel	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	28 km
Hacienda Los Álamos	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	29 km
Guachapeli	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	29 km
Olinda	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	29 km
Hacienda Payo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	30 km
Buena Esperanza	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	30 km
San Pedro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	30 km
Chirijos	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
Los Alamos	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
Puerto Tamarindo	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
El Tigre	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
La Sequilla	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Marcella	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Manga del Jejen	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Lérida	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Puerto Salvador	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Pascuales	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Mariscal Sucre	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
Veinte Mil	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
Puerto Inca	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
Lechugal	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
José Real	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
Buenos Aires	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
Puerto Santa Fe	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
Carrizal	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
Las Mercedes	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
Hacienda Magro	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
Las Mercedes	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
La Lola	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
Mercedes	Guayas	Ecuador	Village	-	35 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
Taura		17				0	8 km
Simon Bolivar International	GYE	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	23 km
San Carlos		30				0	36 km
La Puntilla		14				0	41 km
La Carolina		23				0	51 km
Guabital		8				0	58 km
Maragrosa		5				0	62 km
Martinica		27				0	63 km
Hacienda la Julia		15				0	69 km
Babahoyo North		17				0	69 km
Posorja		5				0	72 km
La Clementina		100				0	76 km
Loma Larga		64				0	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Prtmaritimo		Ecuador	19 km
Guayaquil	ECGYE	Ecuador	19 km
Duran	ECDUN	Ecuador	20 km
Puna	ECPUN	Ecuador	54 km

More information

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