Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 01 Mar 2021 22:57 UTC

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M 5.1 in Colombia on 01 Mar 2021 22:57 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.2387 , -76.0981
Event Date:	01 Mar 2021 22:57 UTC 01 Mar 2021 17:57 Local
Exposed Population:	5040000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000deqh
Inserted at:	03 Mar 2021 15:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us7000deqh	Scaled population (vector)	6.45
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.15
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1361360	0.3	01 Mar 2021 22:57	5.1M, 10km	N/A	5 million (in 100km)	00:21	NEIC
1361707	0.3	01 Mar 2021 22:57	5.1M, 10km	N/A	5 million (in 100km)	1d 16:13	NEIC
1363477	0.2	01 Mar 2021 22:57	5.1M, 10km	N/A	4.7 million (in 100km)	6d 04:09	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 Colombia , Department of Antioquia (population 4,601,187) . The nearest places are Santa Isabel, Urrao, Luciano Restrepo, Brisas, Pueblo Duro, Cacao, Betulia, Altamira, Anzá, El Socorro, and Tagachí.

Radius	Population
100 km	5 million people
75 km	4.3 million people
50 km	260000 people
20 km	28000 people
10 km	11000 people
5 km	1100 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Antioquia	Colombia	4.6 million people
Choco	Colombia	360000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Santa Isabel	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	6 km
Urrao	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	19000 people	9 km
Luciano Restrepo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	11 km
Brisas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
Pueblo Duro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	17 km
Cacao	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	17 km
Betulia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	5200 people	17 km
Altamira	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Anzá	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	24 km
El Socorro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
Cariazul	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Capachero	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Guasabra	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Cangrejo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
La Encarnación	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Iquiná	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Concordia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	9200 people	29 km
La Herradura	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
La Margarita	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
El Líbano	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
Alto del Corral	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Ebéjico	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	36 km
El Concilio	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	36 km
Indro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
La Venada	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
La Quiebra	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Titiribí	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
Falda	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Obregón	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Bebo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Heliconia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	2400 people	40 km
Bolombolo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
El Carmen	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
La Mansa	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
El Brasil	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Barroso	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Angelópolis	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Dolivar	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Alfonso López	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
El Rodeo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Antioquia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	12000 people	46 km
Abriaquí	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Isleta	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Mandé	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
San Jerónimo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
San Antonio de Prado	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Amagá	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	11000 people	49 km
Venecia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	5400 people	49 km
Gollas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Arabia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	50 km
Giraldo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	1500 people	50 km
Tarso	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	2700 people	50 km
Guayabal	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
La Tablaza	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
Coral	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
San Cristóbal	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
El Piñón	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Águila	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Carauta	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
Guaduas	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Hispania	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	2500 people	53 km
Musinga	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Itagüí	Antioquia	Colombia	City	250000 people	54 km
La Antigua	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	55 km
Betania	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	3700 people	56 km
Bebará	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	56 km
Pueblorico	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	56 km
Remolino	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	57 km
Buenos Aires	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	57 km
La Loma	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	57 km
Cañasgordas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	57 km
Medellín	Antioquia	Colombia	Major city	1.9 million people	58 km
Angelina	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	58 km
Fredonia	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	8800 people	58 km
Liborina	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	2400 people	58 km
Frontino	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	8500 people	60 km
Bello	Antioquia	Colombia	City	390000 people	60 km
Giradito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	61 km
San José	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	61 km
La Blanquita	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	61 km
Las Palmas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	61 km
Jericó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	7500 people	61 km
Bebaramá	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
Belmira	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	1400 people	62 km
Villa César	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
Encenillo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
Puente Iglesias	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	63 km
Lona de Goes	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	64 km
Playa	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	64 km
Rodas	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Murrí	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
San Pedro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	8700 people	65 km
Chontaduro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	65 km
Palenque	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	66 km
Santa Elena	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	66 km
Caraeperro	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	66 km
Boca de Bebara	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	67 km
Copacabana	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	49000 people	67 km
Buenos Aires	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	67 km
Montañón	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	67 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
Urrao	URR	unknown				0	14 km
Enrique Olaya Herrera	EOH	1506	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	56 km
Jurado	JUO	unknown				0	63 km
Andes	ADN	unknown				0	68 km
Jose Marie Cordova	MDE	2142	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11400	75 km
El Carano	UIB	67	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4200	86 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Rio Grande 2	Rio Grande	1988	78 km

More information

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