M 5.7 in Ecuador on 25 Jul 2022 13:33 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: 5.7M
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
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
us7000htbb Scaled population (raster) 2.37  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1454985 0.9 25 Jul 2022 13:33 5.5M, 10km 6.58 1 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
1454995 0.8 25 Jul 2022 13:33 5.7M, 10km 6.83 2 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Ecuador ,of Carchi (population 17,955) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
60000 people
230000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 1.1 1454985 0.554/-77.859 5.5 10.0 6.709 25 Jul 2022 13:54 00:20 (new episode)
2 0.9 1454995 0.554/-77.859 5.5 10.0 6.575 25 Jul 2022 14:00 00:26 (new episode)
3 0.9 1454995 0.557/-77.859 5.7 10.0 6.562 25 Jul 2022 14:50 01:16 (upd of #2)
4 0.9 1454995 0.557/-77.859 5.7 10.0 6.562 25 Jul 2022 15:37 02:04 (upd of #3)
5 0.9 1454995 0.557/-77.859 5.7 10.0 6.562 26 Jul 2022 15:40 1d 02:06 (upd of #4)
6 0.8 1454995 0.557/-77.859 5.7 10.0 6.497 31 Jul 2022 23:50 6d 10:16 (upd of #5)
7 0.8 1454995 0.684/-77.821 5.7 4.0 6.831 02 Aug 2022 23:50 8d 10:16 (upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Carchi Ecuador 49000 people
Carchi Ecuador 100000 people
Sucumbios Ecuador 1400 people
Imbabura Ecuador 26000 people
Narino Colombia <1000 people
Carchi Ecuador 5900 people
Sucumbios Ecuador 2800 people
Imbabura Ecuador 180000 people
Narino Colombia 210000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity 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
Tulcán Carchi Ecuador Village - 32 km
Salinas Imbabura Ecuador Village - 31 km
La Concepción Imbabura Ecuador Village - 31 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

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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
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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