M 4.6 in Panama on 18 May 2013 08:00 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: 7.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.5463 , -82.3866
Event Date: 18 May 2013 08:00 UTC
18 May 2013 03:00 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000gy7y
Inserted at: 18 May 2013 08:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000gy7y 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
124597 0.5 18 May 2013 08:00 4.6M, 7.9km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:35 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 Panama , Province of Veraguas (population 220,203) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Veraguas Panama 220000 people
Chiriqui Panama 390000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica 380000 people
Los Santos Panama 83000 people
Herrera Panama 100000 people
Bocas del Toro Panama 100000 people
Cocle Panama 190000 people
Limon Costa Rica 260000 people
Colon Panama 180000 people
San Jose Costa Rica 1.2 million people
Panama Panama 1.2 million people
Cartago Costa Rica 350000 people
Heredia Costa Rica 300000 people
Alajuela Costa Rica 580000 people
San Blas Panama 37000 people
Darien Panama 39000 people
Guanacaste Costa Rica 230000 people
Rio San Juan Nicaragua 57000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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