M 4.6 in Kazakhstan on 28 May 2016 19:10 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: 41.1099 , 68.1561
Event Date: 28 May 2016 19:10 UTC
29 May 2016 01:10 Local
Exposed Population:
4106151 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 28 May 2016 22:21 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1129578 0 28 May 2016 19:10 4.6M, 10km N/A 4.1 million (in 100km) 03:10 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 Chimkent (population 1,906,549) . The nearest places are Toshkent, Makhtaly, Bazar-Ak-Tyube, Arbakoldy, Dzhanadala, Bagarnaya Vtoraya, Andreyevskiy, Chardara, Inkamys, Charadara, and Bakhtybay.

Radius Population
100 km 4.1 million people
75 km 1 million people
50 km 350000 people
20 km 34000 people
10 km 5100 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Chimkent Kazakhstan 1.9 million people
Dzhizak Uzbekistan -

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Inkamys Jizzax Uzbekistan Village - 5 km
Bakhtybay Jizzax Uzbekistan Village - 7 km
Bagarnaya Vtoraya Jizzax Uzbekistan Village - 9 km
Arbakoldy Ongtusik Qazaqstan Kazakhstan Village - 10 km
Makhtaly Jizzax Uzbekistan Village - 16 km
Andreyevskiy Jizzax Uzbekistan Village - 22 km
Chardara Ongtusik Qazaqstan Kazakhstan Village 25000 people 23 km
Bazar-Ak-Tyube Ongtusik Qazaqstan Kazakhstan Village - 24 km
Dzhanadala Jizzax Uzbekistan Village - 25 km
Charadara Ongtusik Qazaqstan Kazakhstan Village - 28 km
Toshkent Toshkent (Tashkent) Uzbekistan Capital 2 million people 96 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
Karakoy 244 23 km
216 24 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Chardarinskoye Chardara Syr-Daria 1965 22 km

More information

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