Overall Green Earthquake alert in Costa Rica on 17 Aug 2018 23:22 UTC

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M 6 in Costa Rica on 17 Aug 2018 23:22 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:	6.0M
Depth:	19.1 Km
Lat/Lon:	8.7723 , -83.1393
Event Date:	17 Aug 2018 23:22 UTC 17 Aug 2018 17:22 Local
Exposed Population:	About 38000 people in MMI 850000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000gc0k
Inserted at:	17 Aug 2018 23:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4 (Panama)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Panama= 4; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000gc0k	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1224509		0	17 Aug 2018 23:22	6M, 19.1km	5.26	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC
1224520		0	17 Aug 2018 23:22	6.1M, 15.92km	5.72	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:05	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 Costa Rica ,of Puntarenas (population 29,751) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	39000 people
	1.5 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1224509	8.772/-83.139	6	19.1	5.26	17 Aug 2018 23:44	00:21	(new episode)
2	1224520	8.772/-83.139	6	19.1	5.26	18 Aug 2018 00:28	01:05	(new episode)
3	1224520	8.794/-83.136	6.1	15.92	6.17	18 Aug 2018 00:30	01:07	(upd of #2)
4	1224520	8.794/-83.136	6.1	15.92	6.17	18 Aug 2018 01:25	02:03	(upd of #3)
5	1224520	8.769/-83.153	6.1	15	5.72	18 Aug 2018 21:41	22:19	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	30000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	190000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	390000 people
Bocas del Toro	Panama	85000 people
Limon	Costa Rica	23000 people
San Jose	Costa Rica	110000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	230000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	140000 people
Bocas del Toro	Panama	87000 people
Limon	Costa Rica	400000 people
San Jose	Costa Rica	1.4 million people
Cartago	Costa Rica	520000 people
Heredia	Costa Rica	540000 people
Alajuela	Costa Rica	930000 people
Veraguas	Panama	250000 people
Rio San Juan	Nicaragua	69000 people
Guanacaste	Costa Rica	240000 people
Zelaya	Nicaragua	17000 people
Colon	Panama	15000 people
Cocle	Panama	220000 people
Herrera	Panama	110000 people
Los Santos	Panama	64000 people
Rivas	Nicaragua	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Guaria	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	7 km
Piedras Blancas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	11 km
Unión	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	23 km
Venecia	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	25 km
Golfito	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	6700 people	15 km
Sabanilla	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	18 km
Linda Vista	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	19 km
Las Vueltas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	21 km
Aguas Claras	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	21 km
Italcancori	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	23 km
Florida	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	24 km
Sabalito	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	25 km
Neily	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	26 km
Potrero Grande	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	27 km
Cerrón	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	30 km
Sereno	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	31 km
Boruca	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	32 km
Punto Jimenez	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	33 km
Plaza de Caisán	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	35 km
Térraba	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	36 km
Brujo	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	38 km
Palmar Sur	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	41 km
Capacho	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	43 km
La Cuesta	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	45 km
Maíz de los Uva	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	46 km
Peninsula de Osa	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	47 km
Puerto Cortés	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	3500 people	47 km
Pilas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	47 km
Buenos Aires	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	12000 people	48 km
Alto de Gariché	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	48 km
Mirador	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	49 km
Progreso	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2100 people	49 km
Cueta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	50 km
Silla de Pando	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	50 km
Divala	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	50 km
Santo Domingo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1200 people	55 km
El Hato del Volcán	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	56 km
La Esperanza	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	56 km
San Rafael	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	57 km
Águila Abajo	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	58 km
San Bartolo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	58 km
La Planta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	58 km
Volcán	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	59 km
El Alto de Escárrea	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	59 km
Coronado	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	61 km
Davalá	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	62 km
Puerto Armuelles	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	19000 people	63 km
Cerro Punta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3000 people	63 km
Pejibaye	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	64 km
Chumbaga	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	64 km
Concepción	Chiriquí	Panama	City	-	64 km
Mesas	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	68 km
Sitio Lázaro	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	69 km
Boquerón	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3100 people	69 km
Potrerillos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	72 km
San Pedro	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	72 km
Potrerillos Arriba	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1000 people	73 km
Alanje	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1300 people	76 km
Reyes	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	76 km
Quebrada Corotú	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	77 km
Santa María	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	78 km
Uvita	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	79 km
Tallo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	82 km
Dolega	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1600 people	82 km
Angostura	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	83 km
Caldera	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	84 km
Maguey	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	86 km
Katsi	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	87 km
David	Chiriquí	Panama	Major city	83000 people	87 km
Pedregal	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	16000 people	90 km
San Isidro	San José	Costa Rica	Village	34000 people	91 km
Gualaca	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2700 people	96 km
Puerto Real	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	98 km
Chiriquí	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	99 km
Almirante	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	8000 people	100 km
Guabito	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	6000 people	104 km
Changuinola	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	23000 people	106 km
Boquete	Chiriquí	Panama	City	6000 people	78 km
Cabécar	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	81 km
Paja de Sombrero	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	91 km
Rivas	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	92 km
Tinamaste	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	92 km
Herradura	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	92 km
Quebradas	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	94 km
Quebrada Seca	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	94 km
Dominical	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	95 km
Chase	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	96 km
Quebrada Pastores	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	98 km
Uatsi	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	99 km
Buena Vista	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	99 km
Robalo	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	99 km
Hatillo	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	102 km
Fish Creek	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	103 km
Savegre	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	106 km
Puerto Viejo	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	106 km
Chiriquicito Número Tres	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	106 km
La Estrella	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	108 km
Cahuita	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	<1000 people	111 km
Portalón	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	113 km
Bocas del Toro	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Major city	3400 people	116 km
Isla Colon	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	117 km
Providencia	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	118 km
Savegre	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	118 km
Boca Chica	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	119 km
Horconcitos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	<1000 people	120 km
Chirripó	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	-	121 km
Boca del Monte	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	122 km
Bolivia	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	124 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	126 km
Santa María	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	126 km
Bomba	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	126 km
San Lorenzo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	127 km
San Joaquín	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	129 km
Canadá	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	-	130 km
Cacao	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	-	131 km
San Rafael	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	-	131 km
Puerto Quepos	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	133 km
Tucurrique	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	2700 people	135 km
Puerto Limón	Limón	Costa Rica	City	-	135 km
Búffalo	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	136 km
Corina	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	136 km
Toro	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	137 km
Orosí	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	4300 people	137 km
Quebrada Cuba	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	137 km
San Marcos	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	137 km
Turrialba	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	28000 people	138 km
Stafford	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	139 km
Cerrillos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	140 km
Juan Viñas	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	-	140 km
Esperanza	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	141 km
San Félix	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	141 km
Sanchirí	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	-	141 km
Saborío	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	143 km
Doce Millas	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	143 km
Catorce Millas	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	144 km
Matina	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	2300 people	145 km
Cusapín	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	145 km
Bataán	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	147 km
Santa Cruz	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	-	147 km
Frailes	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	147 km
Cartago	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	27000 people	148 km
Santa Cruz	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	148 km
San Antonio	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	149 km
Monteverde	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	151 km
Las Lajas	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1200 people	151 km
Siquirres	Limón	Costa Rica	City	18000 people	152 km
Parrita	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	3500 people	154 km
Indiana Tres	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	154 km
Vol Turrialba	Cartago	Costa Rica	Village	-	155 km
San Alberto	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	155 km
Remedios	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	<1000 people	157 km
Jorco	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	157 km
Tarbaca	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	157 km
Salitrillos	San José	Costa Rica	Village	5700 people	159 km
Pocora Este	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	160 km
San Ignacio	San José	Costa Rica	Village	3000 people	160 km
Desamparados	San José	Costa Rica	Village	39000 people	160 km
San Pedro	San José	Costa Rica	Village	28000 people	162 km
Carmen	Limon	Costa Rica	Village	16000 people	162 km
Guadalupe	San José	Costa Rica	City	13000 people	164 km
San José	San José	Costa Rica	Capital	330000 people	164 km
El Nancito	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	166 km
Fuente del Carmen	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	168 km
Peña Blanca	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	168 km
Tibás	Heredia	Costa Rica	City	-	169 km
Paracito	San Jose	Costa Rica	Village	-	169 km
Guácimo	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	6300 people	170 km
Parismina	Limon	Costa Rica	Village	-	170 km
Río Jiménez	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	-	171 km
Esterillos Este	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	172 km
Tolé	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3200 people	172 km
Heredia	Heredia	Costa Rica	Village	22000 people	173 km
Concepción	Heredia	Costa Rica	Village	20000 people	173 km
Guápiles	Limón	Costa Rica	Village	16000 people	174 km
Villa Colón	San José	Costa Rica	Village	-	175 km
Santiago	San José	Costa Rica	City	7700 people	175 km
Quina	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	175 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
Finca 63		11	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	16 km
Coto 47	OTR	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	27 km
Golfito	GLF	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	14 km
San Vito de Java	TOO	984	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	21 km
Puerto Jimenez	PJM	unknown				0	32 km
Palmar Sur	PMZ	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	41 km
Nuevo Palmar Sur		5				0	44 km
Buenos Aires	BAI	370	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	48 km
Las Tierras Altas		1524				0	52 km
Puerto Armuelles		13				0	63 km
Enrique Malek International	DAV	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	88 km
Gualaca		152				0	94 km
Finca 67		9				0	102 km
Captain Manuel Nino	CHX	6	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	102 km
Pandora		15				0	108 km
Bocas del Toro	BOC	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	116 km
Quepos Managua		32	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	132 km
Limon International	LIO	2	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	132 km
San Alberto		27	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	155 km
El Carmen		18	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	162 km
Tobias Bolanos International	SYQ	994	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	171 km
Santa Maria de Guacimo		10	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	173 km
Guapiles	GPL	269	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	175 km
Juan Santamaria International	SJO	921	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	179 km
Santa Clara de Guapiles		80	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	179 km
Rio Frio	RFR	unknown				0	191 km
San Pedro		64				0	196 km
Tortuquero	TTQ	unknown				0	203 km
Chacarita		2	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	224 km
Barra Del Colorado		3	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	226 km
Santa Fe	SFW	unknown				0	228 km
Tambor	TMU	unknown				0	232 km
Ruben Cantu		83	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	253 km
Palo Arco		100	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	259 km
La Plantacion		10				0	264 km
Ingenio Santa Rosa		37				0	280 km
Las Canas	LCS	unknown				0	283 km
Aguadulce		42				0	289 km
Playa Samara	PLD	unknown				0	299 km
Los Chiles	LSL	35	Civ.	Paved	No	4200	304 km
Penonome		86				0	307 km
Upala	UPL	56				0	312 km
Chitre	CTD	3				0	313 km
San Carlos	NCR	50				0	316 km
Liberia International	LIR	70	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	332 km
La Flor		55	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	335 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Golfito	CRGLF	Costa Rica	16 km
Puerto Jimenez		Costa Rica	19 km
Puerto Armuelles	PAAML	Panama	63 km
Pedregal	PAPED	Panama	90 km
Almirante	PAPAM	Panama	100 km
Dominical		Costa Rica	91 km
Robal		Panama	101 km
Parida Island		Panama	113 km
Chiriqui Grande	PACHG	Panama	114 km
Bocas Del Toro		Panama	117 km
Moin Bay (Puerto Limon)	CRMOB	Costa Rica	131 km
Quepos (Puerto Quepos)	CRXQP	Costa Rica	134 km
Puerto Limon	CRLIO	Costa Rica	135 km
Puerto Moin		Costa Rica	136 km
San Juan		Panama	164 km
Co Doq Island		Panama	207 km
Caldera	CRCAL	Costa Rica	214 km
Puntarenas	CRPAS	Costa Rica	229 km
San Juan Del Norte		Nicaragua	247 km
San Cristobal		Panama	261 km
Belen		Panama	270 km
Aguadulce	PAAGD	Panama	300 km
Punta Gorda		Nicaragua	310 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Fortuna		n/a	98 km
	Cachi	Reventazon	1966	139 km
Arenal	Arenal	Arenal	1978	259 km

More information

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