Summary
On 11/22/2011 6:48:17 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 and depth 556.7km has struck an sparsely populated area in the El Beni Province (population: 0.2 million) in Bolivia. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be low (Green alert). This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact since the affected region is sparsely populated and has medium resilience for natural disasters. The nearest populated places are Isla Azul (16km), Cochabamba (17km), El Carmen (18km). It is a flat region with a maximum altitude of 262 m.
Caution: this information is based on risk models. Whether international humanitarian aid is needed must be decided by an expert. This report was automatically updated by a computer on: 11/23/2011 3:35:30 AM UTC (8 hours 47 minutes after the event) Explanation of alert calculation: Show
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Earthquake epicentre: best estimate previous estimates: |
Earthquake Event
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Previous reports for this earthquake.
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Earthquake Impact Details

Potentially affected People
The population in the area of this earthquake if 1 people/km?. (Data source).
The earthquake occurred at 14h local time. At this time a day, more people are at work and therefore more vulnerable to collapsing office buildings. During traffic hours, people can be affected by collapsing bridges and other road infrastructure.
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Radius (km) | Population | Density (people/km?) |
1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 14 | 1 |
5 | 65 | 0 |
10 | 251 | 0 |
20 | 970 | 0 |
50 | 8978 | 1 |
100 | 139239 | 4 |
200 | 356286 | 2 |
Damage
The affected region has low level of urban area (0%) and a high level of cultivated area (7.4%). In urban areas more damage can be expected than in cultivated or natural areas. (Data source)
Radius (km) | urban areas | cultivated areas | other |
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200 | 0% | 7.46% | 92.53% |
100 | 0% | 7.12% | 92.87% |
50 | 0% | 4.91% | 95.08% |
10 | 0% | 0.26% | 99.73% |
Resilience and Vulnerability
Resilience is the capacity of the population to cope with a hazard. Since much of investments in earthquake preparedness and available funds for quick response is related to household income, the GDP per capita can be used as a rough indicator of resilience.
Bolivia has a GDP per capita of 955 PPP$ (Parity Purchasing Power Dollar, about 1 Euro) and is therefore part of the medium level income countries. Therefore, the earthquake happened in an area of medium resilience.
Based on the combination of 9 indicators, ECHO attributes Bolivia a medium vulnerability.
ECHO Intervention Priority Ranking for Bolivia | |
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Overall situation | |
Human Development |
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Human Poverty |
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Exposure to Major Disasters | |
Natural Disasters |
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Conflicts |
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Humanitarian effects of population movement | |
Refugees and IDPs |
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Health of children under five | |
Undernourishment |
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Mortality rates |
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Other vulnerability factors | |
Access to health care |
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Prevalence of HIV, TBC and malaria |
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Gender-specific Human Development |
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Gini Index |
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Source ECHO Key: ![]() ![]() |
Exposure
Both conditions for survival and conditions for delivering aid strongly depend on the current weather and temperature. The following graphs show the current and forecast weather.
Current weather conditions and forecasts at earthquake location (lat: -15.3591 - long: -65.1254) (Data source).
More detailed observations at closest weather station (Jorge Henrich Arauz): WeatherByWeb - NOAA
Probability of Secondary effects
Landslides: The maximum slope in the area of the earthquake is 2.553%
and the maximum altitude is 262 m. Since this is a low
slope, the risk of earthquake induced landslides is low.
Note, however, that the slope data is not reliable on a local scale, while
landslides depend very much on local topography, soil and meteorological
conditions. More...
Critical infrastructure
The following critical infrastructure is nearby and could be affected by the earthquake:
Nuclear power plants: There are no nuclear facilities nearby the epicenter.
Hydrodams: There are no hydrodam facilities nearby the epicenter.
The distance to nuclear installations is evaluated based on a 1999 UN dataset containing the location of nuclear plants in the world. If plants are near and the earthquake magnitude is above 6.5, the alert is set to orange. Note that the location of plants is approximate with errors of up to 100km.
Getting there and away
The nearest civilian airport (Jorge Henrich Arauz) is at 64km from the epicenter. Other airports are: Chimore (181km), San Ignacio De Moxos (70km), Capitan German Quiroga Guardia (179km), Capitan German Quiroga G (195km), Jorge Henrich Arauz (64km), Santa Ana Yacuma (184km), Santa Ana Del Yacuma (181km)
Ports nearby are: [None]
Disclaimer
While we try everything to ensure accuracy, this information is purely indicative and should not be used for any decision making without alternate sources of information. The JRC is not responsible for any damage or loss resulting from the use of the information presented on this website.
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Summary
On 11/22/2011 6:48:17 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 and depth 556.7km has struck an sparsely populated area in the El Beni Province (population: 0.2 million) in Bolivia. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be low (Green alert). This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact since the affected region is sparsely populated and has medium resilience for natural disasters. The nearest populated places are Isla Azul (16km), Cochabamba (17km), El Carmen (18km). It is a flat region with a maximum altitude of 262 m.
Caution: this information is based on risk models. Whether international humanitarian aid is needed must be decided by an expert. This report was automatically updated by a computer on: 11/23/2011 3:35:30 AM UTC (8 hours 47 minutes after the event) Explanation of alert calculation: Show
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Earthquake epicentre: best estimate |
Earthquake Event
Characteristics for this report
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Previous reports for this earthquake.
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Earthquake Impact Details

Potentially affected People
The population in the area of this earthquake if 1 people/km?. (Data source).
The earthquake occurred at 14h local time. At this time a day, more people are at work and therefore more vulnerable to collapsing office buildings. During traffic hours, people can be affected by collapsing bridges and other road infrastructure.
Population Data | ||
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Radius (km) | Population | Density (people/km?) |
1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 14 | 1 |
5 | 65 | 0 |
10 | 251 | 0 |
20 | 970 | 0 |
50 | 8978 | 1 |
100 | 139239 | 4 |
200 | 356286 | 2 |
Damage
The affected region has low level of urban area (0%) and a high level of cultivated area (7.4%). In urban areas more damage can be expected than in cultivated or natural areas. (Data source)
Radius (km) | urban areas | cultivated areas | other |
---|---|---|---|
200 | 0% | 7.46% | 92.53% |
100 | 0% | 7.12% | 92.87% |
50 | 0% | 4.91% | 95.08% |
10 | 0% | 0.26% | 99.73% |
Resilience and Vulnerability
Resilience is the capacity of the population to cope with a hazard. Since much of investments in earthquake preparedness and available funds for quick response is related to household income, the GDP per capita can be used as a rough indicator of resilience.
Bolivia has a GDP per capita of 955 PPP$ (Parity Purchasing Power Dollar, about 1 Euro) and is therefore part of the medium level income countries. Therefore, the earthquake happened in an area of medium resilience.
Based on the combination of 9 indicators, ECHO attributes Bolivia a medium vulnerability.
ECHO Intervention Priority Ranking for Bolivia | |
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Overall situation | |
Human Development |
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Human Poverty |
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Exposure to Major Disasters | |
Natural Disasters |
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Conflicts |
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Humanitarian effects of population movement | |
Refugees and IDPs |
![]() |
Health of children under five | |
Undernourishment |
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Mortality rates |
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Other vulnerability factors | |
Access to health care |
![]() |
Prevalence of HIV, TBC and malaria |
![]() |
Gender-specific Human Development |
![]() |
Gini Index |
![]() |
Source ECHO Key: ![]() |
Exposure
Both conditions for survival and conditions for delivering aid strongly depend on the current weather and temperature. The following graphs show the current and forecast weather.
Current weather conditions and forecasts at earthquake location (lat: -15.3591 - long: -65.1254) (Data source).
More detailed observations at closest weather station (Jorge Henrich Arauz): WeatherByWeb - NOAA
Probability of Secondary effects
Landslides: The maximum slope in the area of the earthquake is 2.553%
and the maximum altitude is 262 m. Since this is a low
slope, the risk of earthquake induced landslides is low.
Note, however, that the slope data is not reliable on a local scale, while
landslides depend very much on local topography, soil and meteorological
conditions. More...
Critical infrastructure
The following critical infrastructure is nearby and could be affected by the earthquake:
Nuclear power plants: There are no nuclear facilities nearby the epicenter.
Hydrodams: There are no hydrodam facilities nearby the epicenter.
The distance to nuclear installations is evaluated based on a 1999 UN dataset containing the location of nuclear plants in the world. If plants are near and the earthquake magnitude is above 6.5, the alert is set to orange. Note that the location of plants is approximate with errors of up to 100km.
Getting there and away
The nearest civilian airport (Jorge Henrich Arauz) is at 64km from the epicenter. Other airports are: Chimore (181km), San Ignacio De Moxos (70km), Capitan German Quiroga Guardia (179km), Capitan German Quiroga G (195km), Jorge Henrich Arauz (64km), Santa Ana Yacuma (184km), Santa Ana Del Yacuma (181km)
Ports nearby are: [None]
Disclaimer
While we try everything to ensure accuracy, this information is purely indicative and should not be used for any decision making without alternate sources of information. The JRC is not responsible for any damage or loss resulting from the use of the information presented on this website.
Joint Initiative of the United Nations and the European Commission --
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Information on this website is collected from scientific
and media sources in participation with European Commission Joint Research Centre,
UNOSAT and OCHA ReliefWeb.
© European Union, 2004-2011 Reproduction authorised provided the source is acknowledged, except for commercial purposes. |
Financially
supported for 2008-2009 by EC MIC |
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