Overall Green Earthquake alert in Ecuador from 31 Jan 2017 14:22 UTC to 14:22

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M 5.5 in Ecuador from 31 Jan 2017 14:22 UTC to 14:22

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:	5.5M
Depth:	21.37 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.6977 , -79.6732
Event Date:	31 Jan 2017 14:22 UTC 31 Jan 2017 09:22 Local
Exposed Population:	640000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007wew
Inserted at:	31 Jan 2017 16:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.4		0.4
us10007wew	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1155840	0.2	31 Jan 2017 14:22	5M, 25.98km	N/A	650 thousand (in 100km)	00:19	NEIC
1155849	0.4	31 Jan 2017 14:22	5.5M, 21.37km	4.23	650 thousand (in 100km)	01:55	NEIC
1155854	0.4	31 Jan 2017 14:22	5.5M, 10km	5.22	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	03:37	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 ,of Esmeraldas (population 21,209) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	21000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1155849	0.698/-79.673	5.5	21.37	4.23	31 Jan 2017 16:19	01:56	(new episode)
2	1155849	0.698/-79.673	5.5	21.37	4.23	31 Jan 2017 16:25	02:02	(upd of #1)
3	1155854	0.7/-79.677	5.5	10	5.22	31 Jan 2017 18:01	03:39	(new episode)
4	1155854	0.7/-79.677	5.5	10	5.22	07 Mar 2017 10:29	34d 20:06	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	21000 people
Esmeraldas	Ecuador	400000 people
Manabi	Ecuador	11000 people
Pichincha	Ecuador	43000 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	4600 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Atacames	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	25 km
Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	95000 people	28 km
Tonchigüe	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	33 km
Muisne	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	13000 people	40 km
Galera	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	42 km
San Francisco	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	42 km
Guachalá	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	45 km
Punta Tortuga	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	45 km
Rosa Zárate	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	29000 people	47 km
Zapotal	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	48 km
Rioverde	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	50 km
Rocafuerte	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	51 km
Cojimíes	Manabí	Ecuador	Village	-	55 km
Lagartera	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	61 km
San Francisco de Onzole	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Village	-	69 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	General Rivadeneira	ESM	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	31 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Esmeraldas	ECESM	Ecuador	32 km
Rioverde		Ecuador	37 km
Balao Terminal	ECEBL	Ecuador	37 km
Cojimies		Ecuador	54 km

More information

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