M 4.6 in South Of Panama on 06 Feb 2021 07:43 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: 4.1354 , -82.7696
Event Date: 06 Feb 2021 07:43 UTC
06 Feb 2021 01:43 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000df36
Inserted at: 06 Feb 2021 08:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Panama)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000df36 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1356804 0 06 Feb 2021 07:43 4.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:20 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
Los Santos Panama 83000 people
Chiriqui Panama 390000 people
Puntarenas Costa Rica 380000 people
Herrera Panama 100000 people
Esmeraldas Ecuador 340000 people
Narino Colombia 1.2 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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