Rapid Impact

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:	6.2M
Depth:	166.372 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.131 , -62.1564
Event Date:	20 Jan 2023 11:23 UTC 20 Jan 2023 07:23 Local
Exposed Population:	490 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000j5sc
Inserted at:	20 Jan 2023 11:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us7000j5sc	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 rapid impact	0	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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
1484557		0	20 Jan 2023 11:23	5.8M, 165.3km	3.93	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:07	PTWC
1484558		0	20 Jan 2023 11:23	6.2M, 166.372km	4.2	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	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.

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 Guadeloupe ,of Guadeloupe (population 365,815) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	370000 people
	Montserrat	Montserrat	5000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Pointe-Noire		Guadeloupe	Village	-	42 km
Basse-Terre		Guadeloupe	Capital	11000 people	49 km
Saint-Claude		Guadeloupe	City	10000 people	50 km
Vernou		Guadeloupe	Village	-	54 km
Plymouth	Saint Anthony	Montserrat	Capital	no people	61 km
Baie-Mahault		Guadeloupe	Village	30000 people	63 km
Capesterre		Guadeloupe	City	-	64 km
Le Bourg		Guadeloupe	Village	-	64 km
Pointe-à-Pitre		Guadeloupe	City	-	68 km
Saint Peter's	Saint Peter	Montserrat	Village	-	71 km
Port-Louis		Guadeloupe	Village	5500 people	75 km
Blanchet		Guadeloupe	Village	-	79 km
Sainte-Anne		Guadeloupe	Village	23000 people	83 km
Saint-Jacques		Guadeloupe	Village	-	84 km
Moule		Guadeloupe	City	-	90 km
Saint-Louis		Guadeloupe	Village	-	94 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
Basse-Terre Baillif	BBR	unknown				0	44 km
Terre-de-Bas	HTB	unknown				0	64 km
Terre de Haut	LSS	unknown				0	68 km
Le Raizet	PTP	11	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11400	69 km
W H Bramble (Abandoned)		12				0	69 km
Montserrat Blackburne	MNI	unknown				0	73 km
St. Francois	SFC	unknown				0	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Basse Terre	GPBBR	Guadeloupe	48 km
Plymouth		Montserrat	63 km
Pointe-a-Pitre	GPPTP	Guadeloupe	68 km
Bourg Des Saintes		Guadeloupe	68 km
Port Louis		Guadeloupe	74 km

More information

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