M 6.6 in Costa Rica from 24 Oct 2012 00:45 UTC to 00:45

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: 6.6M
Depth: 39.5 Km
Event Date: 24 Oct 2012 00:45 UTC
23 Oct 2012 18:45 Local
Exposed Population:
764974 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000dc6x
Inserted at: 24 Oct 2012 01:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 1 0.5
usb000dc6x Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
120412 0.5 24 Oct 2012 00:45 6.6M, 19.5km N/A 720 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:08 NEIC
120413 0.5 24 Oct 2012 00:45 6.6M, 19km N/A 560 thousand (in 100km) 0.1m (at 01:03) 00:10 NEIC
120414 0.5 24 Oct 2012 00:45 6.6M, 39.5km N/A 760 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:20 NEIC
120415 0.8 24 Oct 2012 00:45 6.5M, 20.1km N/A 830 thousand (in 100km) 01:14 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.

Tsunami affected locations

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)

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Initial conditions

Title: "eqid"

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 10.118
  • Longitude: -85.348
  • Length: 31 km
  • Width: 8 km
  • Magnitude: 6.6 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .9 m
  • Strike: 316 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 25 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 40 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): -86.848, 8.618, -83.848, 11.618
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
    Tsunami calculations performed to this case, click here

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