M 5 in Portugal on 28 Aug 2016 09:55 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: 16.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.4846 , -34.964
Event Date: 28 Aug 2016 09:55 UTC
28 Aug 2016 07:55 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20006usc
Inserted at: 28 Aug 2016 10:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006usc 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
1138124 0 28 Aug 2016 09:55 5M, 16.73km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:23 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 Portugal , Autonomous Region of Azores (population 237,800) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Azores Portugal 240000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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