Overall Green Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 22 Jun 2022 04:50 UTC

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M 4.8 in Ecuador on 22 Jun 2022 04:50 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	4.8M
Depth:	3.96 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.6793 , -77.9203
Event Date:	22 Jun 2022 04:50 UTC 21 Jun 2022 23:50 Local
Exposed Population:	1.9 million in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000hj70
Inserted at:	22 Jun 2022 23:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.3 (Ecuador)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Ecuador= 4.3; Colombia= 4

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000hj70	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1449853		0	22 Jun 2022 04:50	4.8M, 10km	5.58	2 million (in 100km)		00:38	NEIC
1449968		0	22 Jun 2022 04:50	4.8M, 3.96km	5.85	1.9 million (in 100km)		19:01	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 Ecuador , Province of Carchi (population 97,119) . The nearest places are El Ángel, Hacienda Casateja, Hacienda La Ranchería, Hato Viejo, San Gabriel, Hacienda Pucará, Tufiño, Pioter, El Moran, Chiles, and Guapuscal.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.9 million people
75 km	1.1 million people
50 km	660000 people
20 km	57000 people
10 km	12000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Carchi	Ecuador	97000 people
Narino	Colombia	<1000 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	no people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Ángel	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	4800 people	6 km
Hacienda Casateja	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	11 km
Hacienda La Ranchería	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	13 km
Hato Viejo	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	13 km
San Gabriel	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	15000 people	13 km
Hacienda Pucará	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	15 km
Tufiño	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	15 km
Pioter	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	16 km
El Moran	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Chiles	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	18 km
Arrayán	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
Hacienda El Salado	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	19 km
Monjas	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	19 km
Hacienda El Habra	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	19 km
El Tambo	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	20 km
Mira	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	20 km
Montufar	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	21 km
La Primavera	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	22 km
Hacienda Pisán	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	23 km
Hacienda Tanyolpud	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	24 km
Pusir Chico	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	24 km
Cuetial	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	25 km
La Concepción	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	25 km
La Estrelita	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	25 km
Punte Palo	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	25 km
Hacienda Alor	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	25 km
Hacienda Altamirano	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	26 km
Tulcán	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	26 km
Hacienda Mascarilla	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	27 km
Hacienda Naranjal	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	27 km
Hacienda Carpuela	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	28 km
Miraflores	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Cumbal	Narino	Colombia	Village	7400 people	29 km
Carlosama	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
Pulcás	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	29 km
El Gaaltal	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	30 km
Salinas	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
Naranjito	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
Aloburo	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
Pimampiro	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	7300 people	31 km
Hacienda Inviola	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Guadua	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Maldonado	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Monte Olivo	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Chuga	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Aldana	Nariño	Colombia	Village	1900 people	33 km
Julio	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	34 km
Muellamés	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Ipiales	Narino	Colombia	Village	77000 people	35 km
Guadual	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	35 km
Chaupi Guaranguí	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	36 km
El Carmelo	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Chorrillos	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Hacienda Tababuela	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	37 km
Guachucal	Nariño	Colombia	Village	4000 people	38 km
Quitasol	Sucumbios	Ecuador	Village	-	38 km
Cahuasquí	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	39 km
Jijón y Caamaño	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	40 km
Hacienda Yuracruz	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	40 km
San Francisco de Sigsipamba	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	40 km
José María Hernández	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Colimba	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Potosí	Nariño	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Puebloviejo	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Pigunchuela	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	42 km
San José	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Ibarra	Imbabura	Ecuador	City	110000 people	42 km
Oso	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	42 km
La Merced de Buenos Aires	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	43 km
Mariano Acosto	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	43 km
San Antonio	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Carolina	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	43 km
Casafría	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Santa Bárbara	Sucumbios	Ecuador	Village	-	44 km
Arrayanes	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Chambú	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
La Sofía	Sucumbios	Ecuador	Village	-	46 km
San Antonio	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Las Vegas	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
La Esperanza	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	47 km
Gualmatán	Nariño	Colombia	Village	2500 people	48 km
Hacienda El Hospital	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	48 km
La Playa	Sucumbios	Ecuador	Village	-	48 km
El Espino	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Sapuyes	Nariño	Colombia	Village	2600 people	49 km
El Guabo	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	50 km
Chinchiví	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	50 km
Perdida	Sucumbios	Ecuador	Village	-	50 km
Túmbez	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	50 km
Atuntaqui	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	17000 people	50 km
Salado	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
Angochagua	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	51 km
Chical	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	51 km
El Pailon	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	52 km
La Bonita	Sucumbios	Ecuador	Village	-	52 km
El Páramo	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Florida	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	53 km
Maicira	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Iles	Narino	Colombia	Village	1800 people	54 km
San Pedro	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	55 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 Rosal Teniente Guerrero	TUA	2951	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	28 km
San Luis	IPI	2975	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	34 km
Atahualpa		2227	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	45 km

More information

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