Overall Green Earthquake alert in Kyrgyzstan on 07 Jan 2017 08:36 UTC

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M 4.5 in Kyrgyzstan on 07 Jan 2017 08:36 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:	4.5M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	39.4894 , 73.3942
Event Date:	07 Jan 2017 08:36 UTC 07 Jan 2017 14:36 Local
Exposed Population:	100000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007rua
Inserted at:	07 Jan 2017 09:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.1 (Tajikistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Tajikistan= 5.1; Kyrgyzstan= 4.5; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007rua	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1153252		0	07 Jan 2017 08:36	4.5M, 35.84km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)		01:05	NEIC

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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 Kyrgyzstan , Region of Osh (population 2,114,741) . The nearest places are Bordaba, Markansu, Sary-Tash, Akbosaga, Chagyr, Ikazak, Nura, Uch-Tyube, Irkeshtam, Aktala, and Askaly.

Radius	Population
100 km	100000 people
75 km	41000 people
50 km	24000 people
20 km	3200 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Osh	Kyrgyzstan	2.1 million people
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bordaba	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	11 km
Markansu	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	22 km
Sary-Tash	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	29 km
Akbosaga	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	37 km
Chagyr	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	43 km
Ikazak	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	43 km
Nura	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	44 km
Uch-Tyube	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	44 km
Irkeshtam	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	50 km
Aktala	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	52 km
Karakul'	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	55 km
Kodzhokël'	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	59 km
Sofi-Kurgan	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	61 km
Karakavak	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	61 km
Chalkuyruk	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	63 km
Kyzyl-Tala	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	64 km
Dzhingazhir	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	67 km
Koktal	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	67 km
Askaly	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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