M 4.5 in Afghanistan on 11 Nov 2012 17:51 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 4.5M
Depth: 91.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.0435 , 70.2892
Event Date: 11 Nov 2012 17:51 UTC
11 Nov 2012 22:21 Local
Exposed Population:
350000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000dqxn
Inserted at: 11 Nov 2012 21:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000dqxn Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
120805 0.5 11 Nov 2012 17:51 4.5M, 91.5km N/A 350 thousand (in 100km) 03:37 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 Afghanistan , Province of Takhar (population 696,374) .

Radius Population
100 km 860000 people
75 km 290000 people
50 km 87000 people
20 km 9200 people
10 km 2900 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Afghanistan Takhar 700000 people
Afghanistan Badakhshan 670000 people
Afghanistan Kapisa 340000 people
Afghanistan Laghman 420000 people
Afghanistan Baghlan 660000 people
Afghanistan Konarha 330000 people
Pakistan North-west Frontier 16.6 million people
Afghanistan Konduz 750000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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