M 5.3 in Azerbaijan on 01 Aug 2016 04:46 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: 5.3M
Depth: 25 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.91 , 47.87
Event Date: 01 Aug 2016 04:46 UTC
01 Aug 2016 08:46 Local
Exposed Population:
2026171 people within 100km
Source: EMSC 521356
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2016 07:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
521356 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
1135466 0 01 Aug 2016 04:46 5.3M, 10km N/A 2 million (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
1135467 0 01 Aug 2016 04:46 5.1M, 10km N/A 1.9 million (in 100km) 00:20 EMSC
1135479 0 01 Aug 2016 04:46 5.3M, 25km N/A 2 million (in 100km) 03:08 EMSC
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 Azerbaijan , Republic of Baku. The nearest places are Bey, Aliyetmazli, Sorsor, Mekhtily, Shakhsunni, Arab-Kubali, Ashaga-Shil'yan, Kyurdamir, Khynysly, and Imishli.

Radius Population
100 km 1.9 million people
75 km 1.2 million people
50 km 480000 people
20 km 38000 people
10 km 17000 people
5 km 7300 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Baku Azerbaijan -

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Bey Azerbaijan Village - 7 km
Aliyetmazli Azerbaijan Village - 9 km
Sorsor Azerbaijan Village - 13 km
Mekhtily Azerbaijan Village - 15 km
Shakhsunni Azerbaijan Village - 23 km
Arab-Kubali Azerbaijan Village - 25 km
Ashaga-Shil'yan Azerbaijan Village - 25 km
Kyurdamir Azerbaijan City - 26 km
Khynysly Azerbaijan Village - 28 km
Imishli Azerbaijan City - 28 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
Mollakend unknown 0 1 km
Kyurdamir 30460 0 18 km
Kyurdamir Civil 30459 0 25 km
Imishly East -2 0 29 km
-11 0 30 km
Imishly -3 0 31 km
Kyurdamir North unknown 0 35 km
Kyurdamir Northeast unknown 0 45 km
Dokshin -14 0 46 km
Bunyadly 15 0 49 km
Bygyr unknown 0 54 km
Kuba Khalilli unknown 0 57 km
Zhdanovsk East 30 0 57 km
Moshkara 77 0 58 km
Agdzhabedi 8 0 60 km
Zhdanovsk 76 0 60 km
Parssabad PFQ 77 Civ. Paved No 8400 60 km
Kazi Magomed 30461 0 66 km
91 0 66 km
61 0 67 km
Narimanovka Southwest 50 0 69 km
Narimanovka South 67 0 73 km
Murav Yevko 2 0 76 km
Tazakend North 67 0 77 km
Karachala -9 0 77 km
Pushkino 0 0 81 km
33 0 81 km
Abondoned Pushkino East -21 0 82 km
Pushkino Southwest -18 0 83 km
Pushkino South -8 0 84 km

More information

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