Overall Green Earthquake alert in Pakistan on 27 Jun 2016 05:27 UTC

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M 4.6 in Pakistan on 27 Jun 2016 05:27 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:	50.94 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.2067 , 69.6293
Event Date:	27 Jun 2016 05:27 UTC 27 Jun 2016 10:27 Local
Exposed Population:	1789873 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000674d
Inserted at:	27 Jun 2016 08:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000674d	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
1132200		0	27 Jun 2016 05:27	4.6M, 50.94km	N/A	1.8 million (in 100km)		02:50	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 Pakistan , Territory of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (population 3,305,554) . The nearest places are Chalweshti, Spalipon, Wana, Zarmelana, Piquet, Kara Khel, Tatai, Khajuri Kach, and Ispana Raghza.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.8 million people
75 km	890000 people
50 km	510000 people
20 km	220000 people
10 km	18000 people
5 km	3000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	3.3 million people
Baluchistan	Pakistan	6.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tatai	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	5 km
Kara Khel	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	10 km
Wana	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	2100 people	11 km
Piquet	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	14 km
Spalipon	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	15 km
Khajuri Kach	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	25 km
Ispana Raghza	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	26 km
Chalweshti	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	29 km
Zarmelana	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	30 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
Wana	WAF	1387					12 km
Zhob	PZH	1417	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6000	96 km
Miram Shah		933					98 km

More information

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