Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iraq on 20 Jan 2013 17:12 UTC

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M 4.1 in Iraq on 20 Jan 2013 17:12 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.1M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	31.64 , 45.99
Event Date:	20 Jan 2013 17:12 UTC 20 Jan 2013 20:12 Local
Exposed Population:	2030000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	21 Jan 2013 06:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
122051		0.5	20 Jan 2013 17:12	4.1M, 10km	N/A	2.7 million (in 100km)		00:17	EMSC
122062		0.5	20 Jan 2013 17:12	4.1M, 10km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)		13:26	EMSC

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 Iraq , Governorate of Dhi Qar (population 975,393) . The nearest places are As Saiyid Muhammad, Afshan, Ar Rifa, Qal'a Mirias Sakhr, Qal'at Rawdan, Qal At Sukkar, Nasir, Albu Tarfa, Fajir, Qal'at Khanjah, and Hamid al Maurid.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.3 million people
75 km	1.9 million people
50 km	750000 people
20 km	140000 people
10 km	12000 people
5 km	3600 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Dhi Qar	Iraq	980000 people
Al Muthanna	Iraq	340000 people
Al Qadisiyah	Iraq	690000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
As Saiyid Muhammad	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	13 km
Afshan	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	14 km
Ar Rifa	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	15 km
Qal'a Mirias Sakhr	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	16 km
Qal'at Rawdan	Al Qadisiyah	Iraq	Village	-	17 km
Qal At Sukkar	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	23 km
Nasir	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	23 km
Albu Tarfa	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	25 km
Fajir	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	28 km
Qal'at Khanjah	Al Muthanna	Iraq	Village	-	28 km
Hadhim al Mushari	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	31 km
'Abd al Husayn	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	33 km
Ash Shatrah	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	35 km
Begai	Wasit	Iraq	Village	-	38 km
Al Budur	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	40 km
Al Umnaythir	Al Muthanna	Iraq	Village	-	42 km
Saiyid Jabbar	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	42 km
Ad Dawwayah	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	43 km
Aggar	Wasit	Iraq	Village	-	45 km
Shamkhá	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	47 km
Al Gharib	Wasit	Iraq	Village	-	48 km
Ghazzi	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	49 km
Gharraf	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	49 km
'Abd Allah	Maysan	Iraq	Village	-	49 km
Abu 'Awdah	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	50 km
Sachit	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	53 km
Kut Al Hayy	Wasit	Iraq	City	-	56 km
Musayyir al 'Aziz	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	57 km
Yabir	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	59 km
Kadhim al Hajpal	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	59 km
Jahar	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	60 km
'Abd 'Ali	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	60 km
Sagr al Yusuf	Wasit	Iraq	Village	-	61 km
As Saiyid Hamud al Hasan	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	62 km
Falh al 'Atshan	Al Qadisiyah	Iraq	Village	-	62 km
As Saiyid Jabir	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	63 km
Tahrir	Al Qadisiyah	Iraq	Village	-	63 km
Abu Gharib	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	63 km
Al Khidr	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	65 km
'Abd al Qadir	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	67 km
Hafiz al Jasim	Maysan	Iraq	Village	-	68 km
Al 'Asaf	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	68 km
Hamid al Maurid	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	68 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Qalat Sikar	14	37 km
Kut Al Hayy East	14	63 km
Tallil	6	82 km
Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah	20	92 km

More information

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