Overall Green Earthquake alert in Tanzania on 13 Jul 2016 03:01 UTC

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M 5.1 in Tanzania on 13 Jul 2016 03:01 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:	5.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-5.4875 , 35.9531
Event Date:	13 Jul 2016 03:01 UTC 13 Jul 2016 06:01 Local
Exposed Population:	1364880 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006361
Inserted at:	13 Jul 2016 03:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006361	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
1133717		0	13 Jul 2016 03:01	5.1M, 10km	N/A	1.4 million (in 100km)		00:19	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 Tanzania , Region of Dodoma (population 1,516,206) . The nearest places are Dodoma, Tabani, Itiso, Kolumbiri, Lifatico, Haneti, Mbuyuni, Dzega, Madulwe, Humekwa, and Zagilwa.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.4 million people
75 km	620000 people
50 km	230000 people
20 km	28000 people
10 km	5800 people
5 km	1500 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Dodoma	Tanzania	1.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Haneti	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	8 km
Mbuyuni	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	13 km
Madulwe	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	15 km
Itiso	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	18 km
Dzega	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	20 km
Zagilwa	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	20 km
Tabani	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	21 km
Kolumbiri	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	23 km
Mleha	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	24 km
Lifatico	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	26 km
Humekwa	Dodoma	Tanzania	Village	-	27 km
Dodoma	Dodoma	Tanzania	Capital	180000 people	80 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
Dodoma	DOD	1120	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6600	79 km
Kongwa		1006	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4400	90 km

More information

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