Overall Green Earthquake alert in Kazakhstan on 15 Mar 2016 21:32 UTC

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M 4.5 in Kazakhstan on 15 Mar 2016 21:32 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:	15.19 Km
Lat/Lon:	48.0187 , 80.4233
Event Date:	15 Mar 2016 21:32 UTC 16 Mar 2016 03:32 Local
Exposed Population:	About 77919 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	15 Mar 2016 21:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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
1122454		0	15 Mar 2016 21:32	4.5M, 15.19km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	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 Kazakhstan , Region of Semipalatinsk (population 863,536) . The nearest places are Kara-Agach, Donenbay, Skotovod, Imeni Stalina, Zhanaaul, Shingozha, Alpsatar, Imeni Budï¿½nnogo, Ayaguz, and Imeni Lenina.

Radius	Population
100 km	78000 people
75 km	64000 people
50 km	55000 people
20 km	49000 people
10 km	48000 people
5 km	8900 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Semipalatinsk	Kazakhstan	860000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ayaguz	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	City	-	6 km
Alpsatar	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	7 km
Zhanaaul	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	20 km
Skotovod	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	21 km
Imeni Stalina	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	24 km
Imeni Budï¿½nnogo	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	24 km
Donenbay	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	27 km
Kara-Agach	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	31 km
Imeni Lenina	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	32 km
Shingozha	Shyghys Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan	Village	-	35 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
		658					11 km
Karaguzek		259					67 km

More information

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