Overall Green Earthquake alert in Cuba on 17 May 2020 20:47 UTC

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M 4.6 in Cuba on 17 May 2020 20:47 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:	19.6839 , -76.3795
Event Date:	17 May 2020 20:47 UTC 17 May 2020 15:47 Local
Exposed Population:	1470000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70009j48
Inserted at:	17 May 2020 20:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.1 (Cuba)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70009j48	Scaled population (vector)	5.71
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.76

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1310984		0	17 May 2020 20:47	4.6M, 10km	N/A	1.5 million (in 100km)		00:12	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 Cuba , Province of Santiago de Cuba (population 1,037,180) . The nearest places are Chivirico, Vega Larga, Colon, Corral de Rio, Bellavista, Matías, Amarito, El Plátano, Cobrero, Cuevas del Turquino, and Maffo.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.5 million people
75 km	790000 people
50 km	32000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	1 million people
Granma	Cuba	830000 people
Holguin	Cuba	1 million people
Guantanamo	Cuba	520000 people
Las Tunas	Cuba	520000 people
Guantanamo Bay	United States	-
Saint Mary	Jamaica	110000 people
Saint Ann	Jamaica	150000 people
Portland	Jamaica	78000 people
Saint Catherine	Jamaica	370000 people
Camaguey	Cuba	780000 people
Saint Andrew	Jamaica	550000 people
Trelawny	Jamaica	73000 people
Saint Thomas	Jamaica	86000 people
Clarendon	Jamaica	220000 people
Kingston	Jamaica	100000 people
Saint James	Jamaica	160000 people
Manchester	Jamaica	170000 people
Saint Elizabeth	Jamaica	150000 people
Hanover	Jamaica	68000 people
Westmoreland	Jamaica	130000 people
Grand Anse	Haiti	-
Sud	Haiti	630000 people
Ciego de Avila	Cuba	390000 people
Nord-Ouest	Haiti	400000 people
Bahamas	Bahamas	270000 people
Ouest	Haiti	2.3 million people
Sancti Spiritus	Cuba	450000 people
Artibonite	Haiti	960000 people
Sud-Est	Haiti	440000 people
Nord	Haiti	720000 people
Villa Clara	Cuba	840000 people
Centre	Haiti	470000 people
Nord-Est	Haiti	-
Cienfuegos	Cuba	380000 people
Independencia	Dominican Republic	47000 people
Monte Cristi	Dominican Republic	100000 people
Dajabon	Dominican Republic	69000 people
La Estrelleta	Dominican Republic	65000 people
Cayman Is.	Cayman Islands	32000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Chivirico	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	32 km
Vega Larga	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	42 km
Colon	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	44 km
Corral de Rio	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	49 km
Bellavista	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	52 km
Matías	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	53 km
Amarito	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	54 km
El Plátano	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	56 km
Cobrero	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	56 km
Cuevas del Turquino	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	59 km
El Cobre	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	4700 people	61 km
Antonio Macea	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	63 km
Cinco Reales	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	64 km
Cautillo	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	65 km
Guisa	Granma	Cuba	Village	18000 people	66 km
Aguacate	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	66 km
Las Llanadas de Buey	Granma	Cuba	Village	-	67 km
Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	City	550000 people	69 km
Baire	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	69 km
Maffo	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	Village	-	70 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
Antonio Maceo	SCU	69	Civ.	Paved	Yes	13100	65 km
C M de Cespedes	BYM	64	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	83 km
Los Mangos de Baragua		100				0	94 km
Sierra Maestra	MZO	34	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	100 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Santiago de Cuba	CUSCU	Cuba	69 km
Portillo		Cuba	85 km

More information

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