Overall Green Earthquake alert in Argentina on 05 Jul 2005 11:12 UTC

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M 5.1 in Argentina on 05 Jul 2005 11:12 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:	5.1M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-50.58 , -71.87
Event Date:	05 Jul 2005 11:12 UTC 05 Jul 2005 08:12 Local
Exposed Population:	about 10000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	07 Jul 2005 19:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
12361		0.5	05 Jul 2005 11:12	5.1M, 39.5km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)		2d 08:29	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 Argentina , Province of Santa Cruz (population 165,628) . The nearest places are Charles Fuhr, El Cerrito, Estancia la Julia, Calafate, Estancia Tapi Aike, Las Perdices, Fuentes de Coyle, and Colonia F.P. Moreno.

Radius	Population
100 km	25000 people
75 km	19000 people
50 km	16000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santa Cruz	Argentina	170000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Charles Fuhr	Santa Cruz	Argentina	Village	-	33 km
El Cerrito	Santa Cruz	Argentina	Village	-	34 km
Estancia la Julia	Santa Cruz	Argentina	Village	-	36 km
Calafate	Santa Cruz	Argentina	Village	-	39 km
Estancia Tapi Aike	Santa Cruz	Argentina	Village	-	53 km
Las Perdices	Santa Cruz	Argentina	Village	-	53 km
Fuentes de Coyle	Santa Cruz	Argentina	Village	-	57 km
Colonia F.P. Moreno	Santa Cruz	Argentina	Village	-	58 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
El Calafate	FTE	203				0	36 km
Lago Argentino	ING	223	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	38 km

More information

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