Overall Green Earthquake alert in Peru on 11 Sep 2006 09:08 UTC

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M 4.5 in Peru on 11 Sep 2006 09:08 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:	4.5M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-17.7004 , -71.0051
Event Date:	11 Sep 2006 09:08 UTC 11 Sep 2006 04:08 Local
Exposed Population:	360000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	11 Sep 2006 17:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
21171		0.5	11 Sep 2006 09:08	4.5M, 37km	N/A	360 thousand (in 100km)		08:48	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 Peru , Department of Tacna (population 237,600) . The nearest places are Mina de Puite, Chilcal, Ite, Alfarillo, Camiara, Sitana, Pampa Salinas, Hospicio, La Florida, Locumba, and Callancachi.

Radius	Population
100 km	420000 people
75 km	130000 people
50 km	87000 people
20 km	7400 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tacna	Peru	240000 people
Moquegua	Peru	150000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mina de Puite	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	6 km
Chilcal	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	13 km
Ite	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	15 km
Alfarillo	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	17 km
Camiara	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	17 km
Sitana	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	20 km
Pampa Salinas	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	21 km
Hospicio	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	22 km
La Florida	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	27 km
Locumba	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	27 km
Osmore Chico	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	28 km
El Hueso	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	28 km
Morro de Sama	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	35 km
Sagollo	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	35 km
Ilo	Moquegua	Peru	Village	53000 people	36 km
Molle	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	37 km
Pacocha	Moquegua	Peru	Village	7600 people	37 km
Matogroso	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	42 km
Chamac	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	44 km
Carrizal	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	45 km
Oconchay	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	48 km
Caoña	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	49 km
Platanal	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	49 km
Yalata	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	50 km
Punta Colorada	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	51 km
Las Yaras	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	51 km
Mono	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	52 km
La Vituña	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	53 km
Cruz Misionera	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	53 km
Tomasiri	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	55 km
El Cairo	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	55 km
Sama Grande	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	56 km
Moquegua	Moquegua	Peru	Village	54000 people	57 km
Caruca	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	57 km
Angola	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	58 km
Llabaya	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	60 km
Sambalay Grande	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	61 km
Los Baños	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	62 km
Chagllianto	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	62 km
El Común	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Puquio	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	64 km
Minas de Toquepala	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	65 km
Cruz	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	66 km
Yerba Buena	Moquegua	Peru	Village	-	68 km
Chululuni	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	68 km
Callancachi	Tacna	Peru	Village	-	68 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
Ilo	ILQ	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	36 km
Cesar Torque Podesta		1366	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	58 km
Cor Fap Carlos C Santa Rosa	TCQ	468	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	87 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ilo	PEILQ	Peru	37 km

More information

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