Overall Green Earthquake alert in North Of Honduras on 04 Sep 2022 13:25 UTC

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M 4.6 in North Of Honduras on 04 Sep 2022 13:25 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:	4.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.7428 , -86.0769
Event Date:	04 Sep 2022 13:25 UTC 04 Sep 2022 07:25 Local
Exposed Population:	60 thousand in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us7000i54l
Inserted at:	04 Sep 2022 14:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000i54l	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.01

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1460101		0	04 Sep 2022 13:25	4.6M, 10km	3.41	60 thousand (in 100km)		00:55	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	92000 people
75 km	58000 people
50 km	13000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Black Rock	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	34 km
Barbareta	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	35 km
Guanaja	Islas de la Bahia	Honduras	Village	1900 people	37 km
Red Cliff	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	38 km
Santa Elena	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	39 km
Alligartor Nose	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	41 km
Calabash Bight	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	46 km
Second Bight	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	52 km
Crawfish Rock	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	-	58 km
Roatán	Islas de la Bahía	Honduras	Village	6800 people	66 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
Guanaja	GJA	11				0	38 km
Roatan Island	RTB	2	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6300	67 km
Trujillo Capiro	TJI	unknown				0	87 km
Trujillo		3				0	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Guanaja Island	HNGJA	Honduras	38 km
Coxen Bay		Honduras	70 km
Puerto Castilla	HNPCA	Honduras	82 km
Trujillo		Honduras	92 km

More information

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