Overall Green Earthquake alert in Georgia on 21 Sep 2016 19:27 UTC

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M 4.6 in Georgia on 21 Sep 2016 19:27 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:	2 Km
Lat/Lon:	42.52 , 40.88
Event Date:	21 Sep 2016 19:27 UTC 21 Sep 2016 22:27 Local
Exposed Population:	421492 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC 532298
Inserted at:	22 Sep 2016 05:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0		0
532298	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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1140658	21 Sep 2016 19:27	4.6M, 5km	N/A	420 thousand (in 100km)	01:33	EMSC
1140660	21 Sep 2016 19:27	4.6M, 10km	N/A	430 thousand (in 100km)	02:03	EMSC
1140682	21 Sep 2016 19:27	4.6M, 2km	N/A	420 thousand (in 100km)	10:09	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 Georgia , Autonomous Region of Abkhazia. The nearest places are Anaklia, Meore Gudava, Akhali-Kindgi, Adzyubzha, Ochamchira, Pirveli-Otobaja, Kulevi, Kvemo-gulripsh, Poti, Dgvaba, and Sukhumi.

Radius	Population
100 km	420000 people
75 km	130000 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
Abkhazia	Georgia	-
T'bilisi	Georgia	-
Ajaria	Georgia	-
Artvin	Turkey	230000 people
Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Resp.	Russian Federation	-
Rize	Turkey	380000 people
Krasnodarskiy kray	Russian Federation	5.3 million people
Kabardino-Balkarskaya Resp.	Russian Federation	790000 people
Trabzon	Turkey	860000 people
Respublika Adygeya	Russian Federation	-
Kars	Turkey	720000 people
Erzurum	Turkey	920000 people
Giresun	Turkey	540000 people
Gumshane	Turkey	180000 people
Respublika Severnaya Osetiya	Russian Federation	650000 people
Stavropol'skiy kray	Russian Federation	3 million people
Armenia	Armenia	3.4 million people
Erzincan	Turkey	320000 people
Ordu	Turkey	900000 people
Agri	Turkey	470000 people
Ingushskaya Respublika	Russian Federation	-
Sivas	Turkey	830000 people
Bingol	Turkey	270000 people
Tunceli	Turkey	140000 people
Mus	Turkey	410000 people
Samsun	Turkey	1.3 million people
Tokat	Turkey	780000 people
Chechenskaya Respublika	Russian Federation	-
Elazig	Turkey	540000 people
Baku	Azerbaijan	-
Van	Turkey	690000 people
Bitlis	Turkey	360000 people
Rostovskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	4.4 million people
Diyarbakir	Turkey	1.2 million people
Kalmykiya-Khal'mg Tangch	Russian Federation	330000 people
Malatya	Turkey	760000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Iran, Islamic Republic of	2.6 million people
Siirt	Turkey	260000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Anaklia	Georgia	Village	-	53 km
Meore Gudava	Georgia	Village	-	55 km
Akhali-Kindgi	Georgia	Village	-	55 km
Adzyubzha	Georgia	Village	-	57 km
Ochamchira	Georgia	City	15000 people	58 km
Pirveli-Otobaja	Georgia	Village	-	59 km
Kulevi	Georgia	Village	-	60 km
Kvemo-gulripsh	Georgia	City	-	64 km
Poti	Georgia	City	46000 people	66 km
Dgvaba	Georgia	Village	-	66 km
Amastas'yevka	Georgia	Village	-	67 km
Achigvara	Georgia	Village	-	68 km
Sukhumi	Georgia	Major city	80000 people	71 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)	Distance
Babusheri	SUI	12	57 km
Poti East		3	68 km
Zugdidi		61	74 km
Gudauta		11	86 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ochamchira		Georgia	57 km
Poti	GEPTI	Georgia	64 km
Sokhumi		Georgia	68 km
Psirtskha		Georgia	79 km
Gudauta		Georgia	82 km

More information

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