Overall Green Earthquake alert in Panama on 15 Jul 2020 21:39 UTC

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M 5.8 in Panama on 15 Jul 2020 21:39 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:	5.8M
Depth:	5.66 Km
Lat/Lon:	7.4708 , -81.922
Event Date:	15 Jul 2020 21:39 UTC 15 Jul 2020 16:39 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VI About 99000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000apd0
Inserted at:	16 Jul 2020 21:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4 (Panama)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000apd0	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1321903		0	15 Jul 2020 21:39	5.8M, 5.66km	6.82	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:09	NEIC

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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 Panama , Province of Veraguas (population 220,203) . The nearest places are La Galera, El Trapiche, Limón, La Bejucosa, La Mona, El Barranco, Hacha, Honduras, Pixvae, Corocita, and Bajo de Jerónimo.

Radius	Population
100 km	99000 people
75 km	10000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Veraguas	Panama	220000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Galera	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	20 km
El Trapiche	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	21 km
Limón	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	51 km
La Bejucosa	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	51 km
La Mona	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	52 km
El Barranco	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	54 km
Hacha	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	55 km
Honduras	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	55 km
Pixvae	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	55 km
Corocita	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	56 km
Rosario	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	57 km
Managua	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	57 km
Corotú	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	58 km
Mamey	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	58 km
Rosarito	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	58 km
Pajarón	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	59 km
La Chichicosa	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	59 km
Rincón	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	60 km
Bramona	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	62 km
La Vaca	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	63 km
La Mina	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	64 km
El Deslampao	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	64 km
La Estancia	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	65 km
Lovaina	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	65 km
Boca de la Corocita	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	66 km
Jaén	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Cabimal	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
El Bajadero	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
La Caña Blanca	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Jaencito	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Platanares	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Los Zahinos	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Las Cañazas	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Cerro La Bonga	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	67 km
Tabacal Arriba	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
El Cuaco	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
La Picadura	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
La Patriota	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
Espalá Abajo	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
El Palmeño	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
Charco Negro	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
Las Filas	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
Laja Mina	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
Alto de la Corocita	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
El Torno	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
San Rafael	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	68 km
El Remolino	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Cerro Bubí	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	69 km
El Morro Negro	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Río Grande	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Loma de la Máquina	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	69 km
El Anegado	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	69 km
El Maria	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	69 km
La Mieles	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Tabacal Abajo	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	70 km
La Faller	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	70 km
Madre Vieja	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	70 km
Corozal	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	70 km
Paso Hondo	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	70 km
Alto del Pontón	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	70 km
Bajo de Jerónimo	Veraguas	Panama	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Co Doq Island	Panama	18 km
San Juan	Panama	82 km
Parida Island	Panama	85 km

More information

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