M 5.1 in Ecuador on 09 Jan 2018 00:05 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: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.6786 , -90.7836
Event Date: 09 Jan 2018 00:05 UTC
08 Jan 2018 18:05 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000c2ax
Inserted at: 09 Jan 2018 01:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000c2ax Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1193564 0 09 Jan 2018 00:05 5.7M, 10km 3.57 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:40 NEIC
1193566 0 09 Jan 2018 00:05 5.1M, 10km 2.7 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:54 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1193564 1.645/-90.854 5.7 10 3.57 09 Jan 2018 00:59 00:53 (new episode)
2 0 1193566 1.645/-90.854 5.7 10 3.57 09 Jan 2018 01:00 00:54 (new episode)
3 0 1193566 1.679/-90.784 5.1 10 2.89 09 Jan 2018 01:01 00:55 (upd of #2)
4 0 1193566 1.668/-90.81 5.1 10 2.7 09 Jan 2018 02:05 01:59 (upd of #3)
5 0 1193566 1.668/-90.81 5.1 10 2.7 09 Jan 2018 02:08 02:02 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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