M 5 in Iran on 06 Jul 2016 23:58 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: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.6922 , 56.3648
Event Date: 06 Jul 2016 23:58 UTC
07 Jul 2016 04:28 Local
Exposed Population:
945408 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us100061gt
Inserted at: 07 Jul 2016 00:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100061gt 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
1133076 0 06 Jul 2016 23:58 5M, 10km N/A 950 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 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 Iran , Province of Hormozgan (population 989,556) .

Radius Population
100 km 950000 people
75 km 540000 people
50 km 36000 people
20 km 2800 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Iran Hormozgan 990000 people
Iran Kerman 2.1 million people
Iran Fars 4.1 million people

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
Bandar Abbass International BND 7 Civ. Paved Yes 12000 55 km
Bandar Abbas NAS HDR 12 Mil. Paved Yes 8500 64 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Bandar Abbas IRBND Iran 65 km
Jazireh Ye Hormos IRHOR Iran 69 km

More information

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