Overall Green Earthquake alert in Costa Rica from 12 May 2019 19:24 UTC to 19:24

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M 6.1 in Costa Rica from 12 May 2019 19:24 UTC to 19:24

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:	37.26 Km
Lat/Lon:	8.6919 , -82.7684
Event Date:	12 May 2019 19:24 UTC 12 May 2019 14:24 Local
Exposed Population:	300000 people in MMI 840000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70003k3p
Inserted at:	12 May 2019 19:45 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
us70003k3p	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1259990		0	12 May 2019 19:24	6.1M, 37.26km	5.42	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	NEIC
1259996		0.6	12 May 2019 19:24	6.1M, 19km	6.52	3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:07	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 Panama ,of Chiriqui (population 62,768) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	300000 people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0	1259990	8.692/-82.768	6.1	37.3	5.425	12 May 2019 19:45	00:21	(new episode)
2	0	1259996	8.692/-82.768	6.1	37.3	5.425	12 May 2019 20:41	01:16	(new episode)
3	0	1259996	8.609/-82.839	6.1	19.0	6.114	12 May 2019 20:42	01:17	(upd of #2)
4	0	1259996	8.609/-82.839	6.1	19.0	5.964	12 May 2019 21:27	02:02	(upd of #3)
5	0.6	1259996	8.609/-82.839	6.1	19.0	6.523	13 May 2019 19:31	1d 00:07	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiriqui	Panama	180000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	110000 people
Bocas del Toro	Panama	<1000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	200000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	35000 people
Bocas del Toro	Panama	9600 people
Limon	Costa Rica	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mirador	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	7 km
Plaza de Caisán	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	8 km
Cueta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	11 km
Cerrón	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	13 km
La Planta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	16 km
Alto de Gariché	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	17 km
Sereno	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	17 km
El Hato del Volcán	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	17 km
Italcancori	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	18 km
Silla de Pando	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	19 km
Capacho	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	19 km
Neily	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	20 km
Sabalito	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	21 km
Santo Domingo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1200 people	21 km
El Alto de Escárrea	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	23 km
Divala	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	23 km
La Cuesta	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	25 km
Concepción	Chiriquí	Panama	City	-	26 km
Linda Vista	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	26 km
Progreso	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2100 people	28 km
Aguas Claras	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	30 km
Potrerillos	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	30 km
Boquerón	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3100 people	30 km
Potrerillos Arriba	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1000 people	31 km
Sitio Lázaro	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	31 km
La Esperanza	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	32 km
Davalá	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	32 km
Unión	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	33 km
Florida	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	39 km
Alanje	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1300 people	40 km
Dolega	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	1600 people	41 km
Cerro Punta	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	3000 people	27 km
Chumbaga	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	29 km
Boquete	Chiriquí	Panama	City	6000 people	38 km
Caldera	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	43 km
San Bartolo	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	43 km
Golfito	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	6700 people	44 km
Guaria	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	44 km
Sabanilla	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	44 km
Maguey	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	45 km
Puerto Armuelles	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	19000 people	47 km
David	Chiriquí	Panama	Major city	83000 people	47 km
Paja de Sombrero	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	50 km
Pedregal	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	16000 people	51 km
Piedras Blancas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	53 km
Potrero Grande	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	53 km
Las Vueltas	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	54 km
Gualaca	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	2700 people	55 km
Chiriquí	Chiriquí	Panama	Village	-	59 km
Punto Jimenez	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	62 km
Robalo	Bocas del Toro	Panama	Village	-	66 km
Venecia	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	Village	-	67 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
Las Tierras Altas		1524				0	14 km
Coto 47	OTR	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	24 km
San Vito de Java	TOO	984	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	26 km
Finca 63		11	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	33 km
Golfito	GLF	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	46 km
Puerto Armuelles		13				0	48 km
Enrique Malek International	DAV	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	50 km
Gualaca		152				0	53 km
Puerto Jimenez	PJM	unknown				0	61 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Golfito	CRGLF	Costa Rica	44 km
Puerto Armuelles	PAAML	Panama	47 km
Pedregal	PAPED	Panama	51 km
Puerto Jimenez		Costa Rica	54 km

More information

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