Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 23 Mar 2019 19:21 UTC

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M 6.1 in Colombia on 23 Mar 2019 19:21 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:	6.1M
Depth:	113.28 Km
Lat/Lon:	4.5596 , -76.2801
Event Date:	23 Mar 2019 19:21 UTC 23 Mar 2019 14:21 Local
Exposed Population:	760000 people in MMI 2810000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000jkrq
Inserted at:	23 Mar 2019 19:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000jkrq	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
1253377		0	23 Mar 2019 19:21	6.1M, 113.28km	4.76	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	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 ,of Valle del Cauca (population 1,050,617) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1253377	4.56/-76.28	6.1	113.3	4.402	23 Mar 2019 19:42	00:21	(new episode)
2	1253377	4.56/-76.28	6.1	113.3	4.814	23 Mar 2019 21:24	02:03	(upd of #1)
3	1253377	4.56/-76.28	6.1	113.3	4.763	24 Mar 2019 19:29	1d 00:07	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Valle del Cauca	Colombia	1.1 million people
Choco	Colombia	110000 people
Quindio	Colombia	510000 people
Risaralda	Colombia	820000 people
Caldas	Colombia	120000 people
Tolima	Colombia	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bélgica	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	7 km
San Pedro	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	5200 people	20 km
Roldanillo	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	27000 people	22 km
Argelia	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	3400 people	26 km
La Victoria	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	11000 people	28 km
Zarzal	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	28000 people	30 km
Obando	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	7300 people	35 km
Bugalagrande	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	12000 people	41 km
Valencia	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
La María	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	41 km
Palomino	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Cartago	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	City	130000 people	46 km
Sevilla	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	41000 people	49 km
El Cajón	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	50 km
Tuluá	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Major city	4 million people	53 km
La Tebaida	Quindio	Colombia	Village	27000 people	56 km
Playas Verdes	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	57 km
Caicedonia	Quindio	Colombia	Village	32000 people	57 km
La Virginia	Risaralda	Colombia	Village	34000 people	58 km
Quimbaya	Quindio	Colombia	Village	31000 people	58 km
San Lerenzo	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	62 km
San Pedro	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	5400 people	62 km
Armenia	Quindio	Colombia	City	310000 people	65 km
Pijao	Quindio	Colombia	Village	5600 people	66 km
Condoto	Choco	Colombia	Village	9900 people	69 km
Viterbo	Caldas	Colombia	Village	15000 people	71 km
Calarcá	Quindio	Colombia	Village	58000 people	72 km
Circasia	Quindio	Colombia	Village	20000 people	72 km
Pereira	Risaralda	Colombia	City	440000 people	72 km
Buga	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	City	120000 people	73 km
Darién	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	11000 people	74 km
Noanamá	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	75 km
Dos Quebradas	Risaralda	Colombia	City	180000 people	75 km
Istmina	Choco	Colombia	Village	14000 people	80 km
Santa Rosa de Cabal	Risaralda	Colombia	Village	58000 people	82 km
Santa Cecilia	Risaralda	Colombia	Village	-	82 km
Playa de Oro	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	84 km
Tadó	Choco	Colombia	Village	9500 people	84 km
Restrepo	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	9500 people	86 km
Guacarí	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	19000 people	87 km
Chinchiná	Caldas	Colombia	Village	63000 people	87 km
Bagadó	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	95 km
El Cerrito	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	38000 people	96 km
Cértegui	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	98 km
Ceibito	Valle del Cauca	Colombia	Village	-	108 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
Zarzal		914				0	30 km
Santa Ana	SQB	900	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	42 km
Farfan	ULQ	955	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	51 km
El Eden	AXM	1207	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6200	58 km
Matecana	PEI	1346	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6600	66 km
Mandinga	COG	66	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	72 km
Santagueda		1030				0	88 km

More information

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