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:	5.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.5573 , -77.859
Event Date:	25 Jul 2022 13:33 UTC 25 Jul 2022 08:33 Local
Exposed Population:	About 2000 people in MMI 2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000htbb
Inserted at:	25 Jul 2022 14:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	2		2
us7000htbb	Scaled population (raster)	5.86
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.77

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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1454985		1.8	25 Jul 2022 13:33	5.5M, 10km	6.69	5 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:17	NEIC
1454995		2	25 Jul 2022 13:33	5.7M, 10km	6.71	9 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	01:13	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 Ecuador ,of Carchi (population 155,402) . The alertlevel for this event is RED

Intensity	Population
	9500 people
	62000 people
	340000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Carchi	Ecuador	35000 people
Carchi	Ecuador	48000 people
Sucumbios	Ecuador	<1000 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	19000 people
Narino	Colombia	<1000 people
Carchi	Ecuador	77000 people
Sucumbios	Ecuador	3900 people
Imbabura	Ecuador	240000 people
Narino	Colombia	220000 people
Pichincha	Ecuador	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Gabriel	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	15000 people	6 km
Monjas	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	7 km
El Ángel	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	4800 people	12 km
Pusir Chico	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	18 km
La Primavera	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	19 km
Mira	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	21 km
Julio	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	30 km
Salinas	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
La Concepción	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	31 km
Tulcán	Carchi	Ecuador	Village	-	32 km
Carlosama	Narino	Colombia	Village	-	36 km
Ibarra	Imbabura	Ecuador	City	110000 people	37 km
Ipiales	Narino	Colombia	Village	77000 people	38 km
La Esperanza	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	41 km
Pigunchuela	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	-	41 km
Atuntaqui	Imbabura	Ecuador	Village	17000 people	47 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
El Rosal Teniente Guerrero	TUA	2951	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	33 km
Atahualpa		2227	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	39 km
San Luis	IPI	2975	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	40 km

More information

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