Overall Green Earthquake alert in Afghanistan on 29 May 2016 06:45 UTC

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M 4.5 in Afghanistan on 29 May 2016 06:45 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

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:	92.05 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.0551 , 70.8097
Event Date:	29 May 2016 06:45 UTC 29 May 2016 11:15 Local
Exposed Population:	536623 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	29 May 2016 07:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
	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
1129612		n.a	29 May 2016 06:45	4.5M, 92.05km	N/A	540 thousand (in 100km)		00:38	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 Afghanistan , Province of Badakhshan (population 666,668) . The nearest places are Lajawardshoy, Eskazar, Dahan-e Aw, Malesheja, Ewem, Saresang, Kalat, Hazhdagher, Shah-e Pari, and Maghnavol.

Radius	Population
100 km	540000 people
75 km	160000 people
50 km	40000 people
20 km	8800 people
10 km	3700 people
5 km	2700 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Badakhshan	Afghanistan	670000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ewem	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	4 km
Hazhdagher	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	4 km
Lajawardshoy	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	8 km
Eskazar	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	11 km
Malesheja	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	14 km
Maghnavol	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	16 km
Saresang	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	17 km
Kalat	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	20 km
Shah-e Pari	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	20 km
Dahan-e Aw	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	25 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
Chitral	CJL	1494	Civ.	Paved	No	5800	94 km

More information

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