Overall Green Earthquake alert in Puerto Rico Region on 07 Jan 2020 15:55 UTC

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M 4.2 in Puerto Rico Region on 07 Jan 2020 15:55 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:	4.2M
Depth:	8 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.0103 , -66.7708
Event Date:	07 Jan 2020 15:55 UTC 07 Jan 2020 11:55 Local
Exposed Population:	3320000 people within 100km
Source:	PRICO RS pr2020007018
Inserted at:	07 Jan 2020 16:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
PRICO RS	0		0
pr2020007018	Scaled population (vector)	6.67
	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
1289242		0.5	07 Jan 2020 15:55	4.6M, 5km	N/A	3.5 million (in 100km)		00:07	PTWC
1289245		0	07 Jan 2020 15:55	4.2M, 8km	N/A	3.3 million (in 100km)		00:29	PRICO RS

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 Puerto Rico , District of Mayag?ez. The nearest places are Magas Arriba, El Faro, Guayanilla, Guaypao, Macana, Indios, La Capital, Tallaboa, Cambalache, Santo Domingo, and Carolina.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.3 million people
75 km	2 million people
50 km	960000 people
20 km	260000 people
10 km	59000 people
5 km	15000 people
2 km	3700 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	-
Ponce	Puerto Rico	-
Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	-
Arecibo	Puerto Rico	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Magas Arriba	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	1100 people	2 km
El Faro	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	-	2 km
Guayanilla	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	5100 people	3 km
Guaypao	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	4 km
Macana	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	-	5 km
Indios	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	1700 people	5 km
La Capital	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	-	6 km
Tallaboa	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	1200 people	6 km
Cambalache	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	7 km
Santo Domingo	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	3600 people	7 km
Media Quijada	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	8 km
Penuelas	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	8 km
Tallaboa Alta	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	2200 people	9 km
Yauco	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	20000 people	9 km
Hacienda Catalina	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	-	10 km
Palomas	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	2300 people	10 km
Hacienda Belgodere	Guayanilla	Puerto Rico	Village	-	10 km
Corozal	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	11 km
Campamento Borinquen	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	-	11 km
Almacigo Bajo	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	11 km
Tuque	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	12 km
Magueyes	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	-	13 km
Hacienda Esperanza	Penuelas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	13 km
Maria Antonia	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	-	13 km
Hacienda Mejias	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	13 km
Marueno	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	13 km
Balneario de Cana Gorda	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	-	13 km
El Tumbao	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	-	14 km
Hacienda Pietri	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	14 km
El Madrigal	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	15 km
Clausells	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	15 km
Lluveras	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	2000 people	15 km
Amalia Marin	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	15 km
Hacienda Rosario	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	15 km
Guanica	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	9200 people	15 km
Hacienda Americo	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	15 km
Hacienda Batiz	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	16 km
Fuig	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	1200 people	16 km
Campamento Susua	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	16 km
Hacienda La Juanita	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	17 km
Ponce	Ponce	Puerto Rico	City	160000 people	17 km
Guaraguao	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	17 km
Hacienda Burenes	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	17 km
Hacienda Las Pinas	Yauco	Puerto Rico	Village	-	17 km
Hacienda Arbela	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	17 km
Jose Tormos Diego	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	18 km
Adjuntas	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	5000 people	18 km
Machuchal	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	-	18 km
Hacienda Bianchi	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	18 km
Ensenada	Guanica	Puerto Rico	Village	-	18 km
Liborio Negron Torres	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	-	19 km
Santa Cruz	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	19 km
Hacienda Usera	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	19 km
Altavista	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	20 km
Hacienda Indiera	Maricao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	20 km
Villa Perez	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	20 km
Castaner	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	-	20 km
La Pica	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	-	20 km
Hacienda La Gloria	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	21 km
Guayabo Dulce	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	21 km
El Bronce	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	21 km
Calzada	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Quinta Esperanza	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Hacienda El Banco	Utuado	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Hacienda Ripoll	Adjuntas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Hacienda Iberia	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Maraguez	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Cerrillos	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Hacienda Esperanza	Maricao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Sabana Grande	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	8800 people	22 km
Hacienda La Esperanza	Utuado	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Hacienda Carmelita	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	22 km
Hacienda Llanada	Maricao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	23 km
Hacienda Monserrate	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	-	23 km
Buyones	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	-	23 km
Coto Laurel	Ponce	Puerto Rico	Village	3600 people	24 km
Hacienda Santa Elena	Utuado	Puerto Rico	Village	-	24 km
Capitanejo	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	3200 people	25 km
Aguilita	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	4900 people	25 km
Campamento Santana	Sabana Grande	Puerto Rico	Village	-	25 km
Hacienda Vilella	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	-	25 km
Hacienda Manuela	Maricao	Puerto Rico	Village	-	26 km
Boca Chica	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	-	26 km
Hacienda Ballester	Lares	Puerto Rico	Village	-	26 km
Collores	Jayuya	Puerto Rico	Village	-	26 km
Luis Llorens Torres	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	-	26 km
Hacienda Artau	Utuado	Puerto Rico	Village	-	27 km
La Estancita	Utuado	Puerto Rico	Village	-	27 km
San Ramon	San German	Puerto Rico	Village	-	27 km
Margarita	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	-	27 km
Hacienda Beatriz Soledad	Lajas	Puerto Rico	Village	-	28 km
Campamento Buena Vista	San German	Puerto Rico	Village	-	28 km
Juana Diaz	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	9600 people	29 km
Hacienda Constancia	Las Marias	Puerto Rico	Village	-	29 km
Pastillo	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	3800 people	29 km
Hacienda Gripinas	Jayuya	Puerto Rico	Village	-	29 km
Guayabal	Juana Diaz	Puerto Rico	Village	2400 people	29 km
La Parguera	Lajas	Puerto Rico	Village	1100 people	29 km
Maricao	Maricao	Puerto Rico	Village	1100 people	30 km
San German	San German	Puerto Rico	Village	12000 people	30 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
Mercedita	PSE	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6900	22 km
Orama-Layuya		446				0	27 km
Fort Allen		6				0	28 km
Baxter-San German		64				0	28 km
Parguera		10				0	29 km
Lajas Airpark		9				0	32 km
Boqueron		1				0	40 km
Santa Isabel		8				0	41 km
Cullingford Field		4				0	43 km
Sabalos Ward		10				0	44 km
Orocovis Health Center		523				0	46 km
Eugenio Maria de Hostos	MAZ	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	48 km
Antonio Nery Juarbe Pol	ARE	7				0	50 km
Baxter-Aibonito		560				0	55 km
Labadie		137				0	58 km
Borinquen	BQN	72	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11700	66 km
Prasa - La Plata		110				0	68 km
Dorado		23				0	71 km
Bayamon Regional Hospital		34				0	76 km
Patillas		3				0	80 km
Rexach Office Building		18				0	81 km
Prtc Office Building		53				0	84 km
Isla Grande	SIG	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	87 km
State Government Number One		82				0	89 km
Prasa-Barbosa		50				0	89 km
Luis Munoz Marin International	SJU	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Guayanilla	PRGUY	Puerto Rico	2 km
Guanica Harbour	PRGUX	Puerto Rico	13 km
Ponce	PRPSE	Puerto Rico	14 km
Mayaguez	PRMAZ	Puerto Rico	46 km
Arecibo	PRARE	Puerto Rico	52 km
Las Mareas (Guayama)	PRLAM	Puerto Rico	60 km
Aguadilla	PRBQN	Puerto Rico	62 km
Las Mareas		Puerto Rico	65 km
Arroyo		Puerto Rico	75 km
San Juan	PRSJU	Puerto Rico	84 km
Maunabo		Puerto Rico	92 km
Yabucoa	PRPYA	Puerto Rico	99 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Toa Vaca Dam	Toa Vaca	1972	32 km
Caonillas	Caonillas	1948	32 km
Dos Bocas	Rio Grande de Arecibo	1942	37 km
Guajataca	Guajataca	1928	46 km
La Plata	La Plata	1974	68 km
Carite	La Plata	1913	71 km
Patillas	Rio Grande de Patillas	1914	79 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
BONUS	UNITED STATES	1	63 km

More information

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