Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 29 Mar 2004 06:27 UTC

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M 4.6 in Colombia on 29 Mar 2004 06:27 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:	Km
Lat/Lon:	3.92 , -75.66
Event Date:	29 Mar 2004 06:27 UTC 29 Mar 2004 01:27 Local
Exposed Population:	3390000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	29 Mar 2004 15:11 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
6285		0.5	29 Mar 2004 06:27	4.6M, 72.1km	N/A	3.4 million (in 100km)		08:44	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 Tolima (population 1,223,174) . The nearest places are Vega de Moya, San José de las Hermosas, Davis, Tetuán, Roncesvalles, Yerbabuena, Guimarrana, Lagunilla, Gigante, San Antonio, and Los Limones.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.4 million people
75 km	1.5 million people
50 km	210000 people
20 km	16000 people
10 km	6900 people
5 km	1100 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tolima	Colombia	1.2 million people
Valle del Cauca	Colombia	3.4 million people
Quindio	Colombia	430000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Vega de Moya	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	8 km
San José de las Hermosas	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	11 km
Davis	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	12 km
Tetuán	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	15 km
Roncesvalles	Tolima	Colombia	Village	3900 people	16 km
Yerbabuena	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	16 km
Guimarrana	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	17 km
Lagunilla	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
Gigante	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	19 km
San Antonio	Tolima	Colombia	Village	5100 people	20 km
Tibi	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	20 km
Balcones	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
Santa Cruz	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	22 km
Cumaral	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
Santa Ana	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	23 km
La Aurora	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Barragán	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Calarma	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	26 km
Buenos Aires	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
El Diamante	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
Puerto Colombia	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	27 km
El Topacio	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	28 km
Chaparral	Tolima	Colombia	Village	20000 people	29 km
Santa Lucía	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	29 km
El Rosario	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Irca	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	30 km
Ríoloro	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	31 km
Santa Elena	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	32 km
Hacienda Cristalina	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	33 km
Pipini	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Buenavista	Tolima	Colombia	Village	2100 people	34 km
El Arroyo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Cebollal	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	34 km
Paloma	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
Aures	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	35 km
La Profunda	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	37 km
Olaya Herrera	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
El Totumo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Chapinero	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	38 km
Filandia	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	39 km
La Venado	Quindio	Colombia	Village	-	40 km
Aponé	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
La Esmeralda	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Amoya	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Nogales	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Capellania	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
El Recreo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Puerto Frazadas	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Alto de Ortega	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Milagrosa	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	42 km
Guanábano	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Burila	Quindío	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
La Reina	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	43 km
Monteloro	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
El Diamante	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
La Vega	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
Puente Tuamo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	44 km
San Marcos	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Malhombre	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
La Melba	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
La Palmera	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Araca	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	46 km
Corazón	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
La Floresta	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	47 km
Pocara	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
La Paloma	Quindio	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Santa Lucia	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Bellavista	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
El Corazón	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	48 km
Ataco	Tolima	Colombia	Village	4100 people	48 km
Meché	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Ortega	Tolima	Colombia	Village	6800 people	49 km
Esmeraldas	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Ceilán	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	49 km
Lindosa	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	50 km
Sevilla	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	41000 people	50 km
Caicedonia	Quindio	Colombia	Village	32000 people	50 km
Hato Viejo	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	50 km
Pijao	Quindio	Colombia	Village	5600 people	51 km
La Habana	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
Alto del Oso	Quindio	Colombia	Village	-	51 km
Bella Vista	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	52 km
El Chuzo	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
El Venado	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Pole	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
El Guavio	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
La María	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Cabuyal	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Coyaima	Tolima	Colombia	Village	3900 people	53 km
La Siria	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Colache	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
El Real	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Galicia	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Combia	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Lucaical	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
La Camelia	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Boca de San Pedro	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
San Pedro	Tolima	Colombia	Village	-	54 km
Tenerife	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	55 km
La Esmeralda	Tolima	Colombia	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
Gen Navas Pardo	CPL	832	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	31 km
El Eden	AXM	1207	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6200	60 km
La Primavera	LPE	unknown				0	65 km
Farfan	ULQ	955	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	66 km
Zarzal		914				0	68 km
Planadas	PLA	unknown				0	69 km
Herrera	HRR	unknown				0	81 km
Perales	IBE	928	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	81 km
Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International	CLO	964	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	90 km
Santa Ana	SQB	900	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	98 km
Matecana	PEI	1346	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6600	99 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Prado	Prado	1971	88 km
	Calima	Calima	1965	100 km

More information

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