M 4.6 in Iraq on 11 Jul 2015 18:27 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: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.74 , 44.84
Event Date: 11 Jul 2015 18:27 UTC
11 Jul 2015 21:27 Local
Exposed Population:
3369249 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=450280
Inserted at: 11 Jul 2015 22:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.1 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=450280 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
1087788 0 11 Jul 2015 18:27 4.6M, 10km N/A 3.4 million (in 100km) 04:17 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 As Sulaymaniyah (population 1,218,065) . The nearest places are Mosul, and Agjlar.

Radius Population
100 km 3.4 million people
75 km 1.9 million people
50 km 520000 people
20 km 45000 people
10 km 16000 people
5 km 4200 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
As Sulaymaniyah Iraq 1.2 million people
At Ta'min Iraq 870000 people
Arbil Iraq 1000000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Agjlar As Sulaymaniyah Iraq Village - 6 km
Mosul Ninaw� Iraq Major city 650000 people 167 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Kirkuk KIK 350 54 km
K 1 305 57 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Dukan Dokan Lesser Zab 1959 26 km

More information

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