M 5.8 in Congo, The Democratic Republic of the on 07 Aug 2015 01:25 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: 5.8M
Depth: 12 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.1566 , 28.8924
Event Date: 07 Aug 2015 01:25 UTC
07 Aug 2015 03:25 Local
Exposed Population: 8030000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 07 Aug 2015 02:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
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
1091210 0.6 07 Aug 2015 01:25 5.6M, 10km 6.16 8 million (in 100km) 00:26 NEIC
1091213 0.8 07 Aug 2015 01:25 5.8M, 12km 6.36 8 million (in 100km) 01:17 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 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the , Region of Kivu (population 7,173,131) . The nearest places are Kigali, and Kaseke.

Radius Population
100 km 8 million people
75 km 4.5 million people
50 km 1.8 million people
20 km 210000 people
10 km 31000 people
5 km 6800 people
2 km 1600 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Kivu Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 7.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kaseke Democratic Republic of the Congo Village - 5 km
Kigali Kigali Rwanda Capital 730000 people 133 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
Bukavu Kavumu BKY 1717 Civ. Paved No 6500 19 km
Kamembe KME 1591 Civ. Paved No 4900 34 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Lake Kivu Ruzizi 1 Ruzizi 1959 38 km

More information

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