Overall Green Earthquake alert in Brazil on 05 Jan 2019 19:25 UTC

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M 6.8 in Brazil on 05 Jan 2019 19:25 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:	6.8M
Depth:	575.27 Km
Lat/Lon:	-8.1428 , -71.5735
Event Date:	05 Jan 2019 19:25 UTC 05 Jan 2019 14:25 Local
Exposed Population:	About 47000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000j0ja
Inserted at:	05 Jan 2019 19:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.1 (Brazil)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000j0ja	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.88

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
1243839		0	05 Jan 2019 19:25	6.8M, 575.27km	2.57	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	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 Brazil ,of Acre (population 2,256) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	6800 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1243839	-8.143/-71.574	6.8	575.27	2.83	05 Jan 2019 19:48	00:22	(new episode)
2	1243839	-8.143/-71.574	6.8	575.3	5.337	05 Jan 2019 20:38	01:13	(upd of #1)
3	1243839	-8.143/-71.574	6.8	575.27	2.83	05 Jan 2019 21:33	02:08	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Acre	Brazil	6000 people
Amazonas	Brazil	<1000 people
Acre	Brazil	8500 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Humaitá	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	14 km
Saumama	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	30 km
Sete Estrêlas	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	36 km
Tauare	Amazonas	Brazil	Village	-	36 km
Ceará	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	48 km
Progresso	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	53 km
Humaitá	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	54 km
Santa Fé	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	59 km
Rodrigues Alves	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	127 km
Florianópolis	Acre	Brazil	Village	-	132 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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