Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Region	Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.

Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)

Name	Advisory Date(UTC)	Wind Speed	Wind Gusts	Heading	Track Speed	Status	Pressure	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
Soufriere Hills	United Kingdom	Unknown	Montserrat Volcano Observatory	GVP Site Link	Wed Sep 23 05:46:47 HST 2015	16.72° N / 62.18° W
Kick 'em Jenny	Grenada	Unknown	Seismic Research Unit, Univ. West Indies	GVP Site Link	Wed Jul 29 07:52:09 HST 2015	12.3° N / 61.64° W

Recent Hotspots (Fire)

Date of First Obs(UTC)	Date of Last Obs(UTC)	Description	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
13-Mar-2013	14-Mar-2013	Small fire/Medium intensity	8.6 N	63.13 W
15-Mar-2013	15-Mar-2013	Medium fire/Low intensity	10.27 N	62.71 W

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years

Count
19

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
May 16 2010 00:05	5.8	113	0	PUERTO RICO: LARES, VEGA BAJA	18.4° N / 67.07° W
Jan 15 2010 00:18	5.5	8	0	VENEZUELA: CARIACO	10.45° N / 63.47° W
Aug 11 2008 00:07	5.2	13	0	VENEZUELA: CARIACO-CUMANA	10.51° N / 64.17° W
Nov 29 2007 00:19	7.4	148	1	MARTINIQUE	14.97° N / 61.26° W
Sep 29 2006 00:18	5.5	52	1	TRINIDAD: GASPARILLO	10.81° N / 61.76° W

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Oct 29 1900 00:09	8.4	25	10	0	VENEZUELA: MACUTO	11.0° N / 66.0° W
Feb 08 1843 00:14	8.3	33	9	5000	GUADELOUPE: POINTE-A-PITRE	16.5° N / 62.2° W
Apr 06 1690 00:00	8.0	33		0	ANTIGUA	17.5° N / 61.5° W
Sep 01 1530 00:14	8.0	10	10	0	VENEZUELA: CUMANA	10.5° N / 64.2° W
Dec 03 1906 00:22	7.9	100		0	MARTINIQUE	15.0° N / 61.0° W

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
19

5 Most Recent Eruptions

Name	Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Location	Lat / Long
SOUFRIERE HILLS	Dec 21 2000 00:00	3.0	W INDIES	16.72° N / 62.18° W
SOUFRIERE HILLS	Dec 25 1997 00:00	3.0	W INDIES	16.72° N / 62.18° W
PIPARO	Dec 22 1997 00:00	0.0	TRINIDAD	10.0° N / 61.0° W
SOUFRIERE HILLS	Nov 11 1997 00:00	2.0	W INDIES	16.72° N / 62.18° W
SOUFRIERE HILLS	Dec 04 1996 00:00	2.0	W INDIES	16.72° N / 62.18° W

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Lat / Long
May 20 2006 00:00	GUADELOUPE	DESHAIES	1.0	16.32° N / 61.78° W
Nov 21 2004 00:00	GUADELOUPE	GRANDE ANSE, BEACH	0.7	16.0° N / 60.25° W
Jul 12 2003 00:00	MONTSERRAT	FARM BAY	4.0	16.74° N / 62.15° W
Jan 20 1999 00:00	MONTSERRAT	SOUFRIERE HILLS	2.0	16.72° N / 62.18° W
Dec 26 1997 00:00	MONTSERRAT	OLD ROAD BAY	3.0	16.74° N / 62.24° W

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Oct 29 1900 00:00	VENEZUELA	PUERTO TUY	10.0	0	10.33° N / 65.92° W
Nov 18 1867 00:00	GUADELOUPE	DESHAIES	10.0	0	16.32° N / 61.78° W
Sep 01 1530 00:00	VENEZUELA	PARIA	7.3	0	10.63° N / 62.17° W
Nov 01 1755 00:00	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	SABA ISLAND	6.4	0	17.63° N / 63.1° W
Oct 11 1918 00:00	USA TERRITORY	PUERTO RICO: PUNTA AGUJEREADA	6.1	8	18.51° N / 67.17° W

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)

Start Date(UTC)	End Date(UTC)	Intensity	Size (sq. km.)	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years

Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years

Maximum Zone (km/hr)
210-249

Demography

Population 2001

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
15,862,427	85,174

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
16,104,094	57,558

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
16,200,698	42,417

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
16,289,518	43,415

Countries

Country
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Dominica
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Montserrat
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
Virgin Islands

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
Venezuela	Caracas	1,000,000 to 5,000,000	National and provincial capital	10.5° N / 66.9° W
Puerto Rico	San Juan	250,000 to 500,000	National and provincial capital	18.4° N / 66.07° W
Puerto Rico	Mayaguez	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	18.2° N / 67.14° W
Puerto Rico	Ponce	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	18.02° N / 66.61° W
Venezuela	Barcelona	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	10.13° N / 64.69° W
Venezuela	Cumana	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	10.45° N / 64.18° W
Venezuela	Los Teques	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	10.34° N / 67.04° W
Venezuela	Maturin	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	9.74° N / 63.18° W
Martinique	Fort-De-France	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	14.61° N / 61.08° W
St. Lucia	Castries	50,000 to 100,000	National capital	14.0° N / 60.98° W
Trinidad & Tobago	Port of Spain	50,000 to 100,000	National capital	10.64° N / 61.49° W
Venezuela	Puerto La Cruz	50,000 to 100,000	Other	10.23° N / 64.63° W
Venezuela	San Juan De Los Morros	50,000 to 100,000	Provincial capital	9.9° N / 67.35° W
Anguilla	The Valley	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	18.22° N / 63.07° W
Antigua & Barbuda	Saint John's	Less than 50,000	National capital	17.12° N / 61.84° W
Barbados	Bridgetown	Less than 50,000	National capital	13.1° N / 59.62° W
British Virgin Is.	Road Town	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	18.41° N / 64.62° W
Dominica	Roseau	Less than 50,000	National capital	15.3° N / 61.39° W
Grenada	Saint George's	Less than 50,000	National capital	12.06° N / 61.74° W
Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	16.0° N / 61.72° W
Montserrat	Plymouth	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	16.68° N / 62.2° W
St. Kitts & Nevis	Basseterre	Less than 50,000	National capital	17.29° N / 62.73° W
St. Lucia	Cul De Sac	Less than 50,000	Other	14.02° N / 61.0° W
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Kingstown	Less than 50,000	National capital	13.16° N / 61.23° W
Venezuela	La Asuncion	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	11.03° N / 63.88° W
Venezuela	Tucupita	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	9.06° N / 62.05° W
Virgin Is.	Charlotte Amalie	Less than 50,000	Provincial capital	18.35° N / 64.93° W

Infrastructure

Airports

Name	Type	Elevation (Ft.)	Link	Lat / Long
ANACO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00721	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVAN	9.43° N / 64.47° W
ANDRES MIGUEL SALAZAR MARCANO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00010	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVIE	10.79° N / 63.98° W
ANTONIO NERY JUARBE POL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00023	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJAB	18.45° N / 66.68° W
ANTONIO RIVERA RODRIQUEZ	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00049	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJVQ	18.13° N / 65.49° W
APRUNA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00203		9.35° N / 65.28° W
BOQUERON	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00003		18.01° N / 67.14° W
CANEFIELD	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00013	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TDCF	15.34° N / 61.39° W
CANOUAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00016	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TVSC	12.7° N / 61.34° W
CROWN POINT	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00036	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TTCP	11.15° N / 60.83° W
DIEGO JIMENEZ TORRES	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00064	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJFA	18.31° N / 65.66° W
E T JOSHUA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00066	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TVSV	13.14° N / 61.21° W
F D ROOSEVELT	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00129	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TNCE	17.5° N / 62.98° W
GENERAL JOSE FRANCISCO BERMUDEZ	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00033	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVCP	10.66° N / 63.26° W
GRAND CASE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00007	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TFFG	18.1° N / 63.05° W
GUIRIA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00042	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVGI	10.57° N / 62.31° W
HIGUEROTE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00010	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVHG	10.46° N / 66.09° W
J F MITCHELL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00014	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TVSB	12.99° N / 61.26° W
LA BLANQUILLA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00056		11.82° N / 64.59° W
LAS FLORES	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00125		9.5° N / 62.9° W
LOS SIETE SAMANES	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00394		8.88° N / 66.84° W
MARIE GALANTE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00016	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TFFM	15.87° N / 61.27° W
MATA DE JUAJUA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00394		8.82° N / 65.89° W
MELVILLE HALL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00073	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TDPD	15.55° N / 61.3° W
METROPOLITANO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00574	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVMP	10.13° N / 66.79° W
MORICHAL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00272		8.83° N / 63.09° W
MUSTIQUE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00005	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TVSM	12.89° N / 61.18° W
NEWCASTLE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00014	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TKPN	17.21° N / 62.59° W
ORITUPANO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00485		9.06° N / 63.44° W
PEDERNALES	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00006		9.98° N / 62.23° W
POINT SALINES INTL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00041	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TGPY	12.0° N / 61.79° W
PUNTA GORDA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00859		9.65° N / 63.72° W
RAFAEL HERNANDEZ	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00237	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJBQ	18.49° N / 67.13° W
ROBERT L BRADSHAW	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00170	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TKPK	17.31° N / 62.72° W
SAN TOME	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00861	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVST	8.95° N / 64.15° W
SANTA BARBARA DE MONAGAS	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00803		9.7° N / 63.63° W
SANTA ISABEL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00027		17.96° N / 66.39° W
TERRANCE B LETTSOME INTL	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00015	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TUPJ	18.44° N / 64.54° W
TUCUPITA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00016	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVTC	9.09° N / 62.09° W
UVERITO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00300		8.67° N / 62.63° W
VALLE DE LA PASCUA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00410	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVVP	9.22° N / 65.99° W
WALLBLAKE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00102	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TQPF	18.2° N / 63.06° W
ANTONIO JOSE DE SUCRE	Active civil airport	00014	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVCU	10.45° N / 64.13° W
CYRIL E KING	Active civil airport	00023	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TIST	18.34° N / 64.97° W
DEL CARIBE INTL GEN SANTAGO MARINO	Active civil airport	00074	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVMG	10.91° N / 63.97° W
EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS	Active civil airport	00028	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJMZ	18.26° N / 67.15° W
GEORGE F L CHARLES	Active civil airport	00022	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TLPC	14.02° N / 60.99° W
GRANTLEY ADAMS INTL	Active civil airport	00169	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TBPB	13.07° N / 59.49° W
HENRY E ROHLSEN	Active civil airport	00065	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TISX	17.7° N / 64.8° W
HEWANORRA INTL	Active civil airport	00014	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TLPL	13.73° N / 60.95° W
LE LAMENTIN	Active civil airport	00016	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TFFF	14.59° N / 61.0° W
LE RAIZET	Active civil airport	00036	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TFFR	16.27° N / 61.53° W
MATURIN	Active civil airport	00224	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVMT	9.75° N / 63.15° W
MERCEDITA	Active civil airport	00026	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJPS	18.01° N / 66.56° W
OSCAR MACHADO ZULOAGA	Active civil airport	02145	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVCS	10.29° N / 66.82° W
PIARCO	Active civil airport	00057	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TTPP	10.6° N / 61.34° W
PRINCESS JULIANA INTL	Active civil airport	00013	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TNCM	18.04° N / 63.11° W
SIMON BOLIVAR INTL	Active civil airport	00235	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVMI	10.6° N / 66.99° W
V C BIRD INTL	Active civil airport	00062	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TAPA	17.14° N / 61.79° W
FERNANDO LUIS RIBAS DOMINICCI	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00010	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJIG	18.46° N / 66.1° W
GENERAL JOSE ANTONIO ANZOATEGUI INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00026	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVBC	10.11° N / 64.69° W
GENERALISIMO FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA AB	Active joint (civil and military) airport	02739	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVFM	10.49° N / 66.84° W
LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL	Active joint (civil and military) airport	00009	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJSJ	18.44° N / 66.0° W
CAPITAN MANUEL RIOS GUARICO AIRBASE	Active military airport	00525	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVCZ	9.37° N / 66.92° W
LA ORCHILA	Active military airport	00005	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SVLO	11.81° N / 66.18° W
ROOSEVELT ROADS NS	Active military airport	00038	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=TJNR	18.25° N / 65.64° W

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
BONUS	UNITED STATES	1	18.35° N / 67.25° W

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Urban	29,166	1.7
Rural	132,670	8
Not classified	1,561,832	91

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	67,086	42
Savannas	40,820	25
Woody Savannas	29,189	18
Grasslands	5,979	4
Open Shrublands	4,455	3
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	3,947	2
Unclassified	2,792	1.7
Croplands	2,609	1.6
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	1,639	1
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	705	0.4
Urban and Built-Up	514	0.3
Mixed Forests	276	0.2
Permanent Wetlands	327	0.2
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	119	0.07
Closed Shrublands	118	0.07
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	29	0.02

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-2	2,494	193

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	Dec	Jan	Feb
low	20.9	20.2	20.2
high	29.6	29.4	29.8

Average Precipitation

	Dec	Jan	Feb
mm/day	3.7	2.4	1.8

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
CARACAS/S. BOLIV	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	78.8F	3.0	ENE		10.58° N / 66.97° W
PIARCO INT AIRPT	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	82.4F	13.0	E	Few clouds 1800 ft. Broken clouds 26000 ft.	10.58° N / 61.35° W
SAN JUAN/WFO	Mon Mar 18 2013 22:56	77F	20.0	ENE	Few clouds 2000 ft. Scattered clouds 2700 ft. Broken clouds 3900 ft.	18.43° N / 66.02° W

End.

Dec 28, 2015 2:12 AM	Dec 27, 2015 9:12 PM	Dec 28, 2015 4:12 PM	Dec 28, 2015 12:42 PM	Dec 28, 2015 7:12 AM
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