M 5.4 in Peru on 12 May 2022 21:55 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.4M
Depth: 55.86 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.3599 , -76.89
Event Date: 12 May 2022 21:55 UTC
12 May 2022 16:55 Local
Exposed Population: 530000 people in MMI
10.5 million in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000hkpv
Inserted at: 12 May 2022 22:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000hkpv Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1443010 0 12 May 2022 21:55 5.4M, 55.86km 4.35 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Peru ,of Lima (population 4,172,842) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Lima Peru 4.2 million people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Chira Lima Peru Village - 7 km
Lurín Lima Peru Village - 9 km
Punta Negra Lima Peru Village - 10 km
San Bartolo Lima Peru Village - 13 km
Pachacamac Lima Peru Village 18000 people 14 km
Pucusana Lima Peru Village - 18 km
Chilca Lima Peru Village 13000 people 24 km
Matasango Lima Peru Village - 31 km
Lima Lima Peru Capital 7.6 million people 34 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Las Palmas 76 Mil. Paved No 8000 25 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Conchan Peru 27 km

More information

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