Overall Green Earthquake alert in Pakistan on 08 Jan 2017 13:31 UTC

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M 4.5 in Pakistan on 08 Jan 2017 13:31 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:	31.7936 , 72.2173
Event Date:	08 Jan 2017 13:31 UTC 08 Jan 2017 18:31 Local
Exposed Population:	10490000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007rzn
Inserted at:	08 Jan 2017 14:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.7 (Pakistan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007rzn	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
1153363		0	08 Jan 2017 13:31	4.5M, 10km	N/A	10.5 million (in 100km)		01:01	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 Pakistan , Province of Punjab (population 71,083,790) . The nearest places are Ahli Kamboh, Bhairo, Kolar, Rabana, Khatwan, Ainu, Kalyar, Dhammak, Mari Shah Sakhira, Sahiwal, and Chiniot.

Radius	Population
100 km	10.5 million people
75 km	5.7 million people
50 km	1.6 million people
20 km	250000 people
10 km	60000 people
5 km	13000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Punjab	Pakistan	71.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ahli Kamboh	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	8 km
Bhairo	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	12 km
Kolar	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	12 km
Rabana	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	14 km
Khatwan	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	15 km
Ainu	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	17 km
Kalyar	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	21 km
Dhammak	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	22 km
Mari Shah Sakhira	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	23 km
Sahiwal	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	35000 people	23 km
Bamrala Bhattian	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	25 km
Bambui	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	26 km
Bhamb	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	27 km
Ramdana	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	28 km
Sillanwali	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	25000 people	31 km
Nurpur	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	32 km
Shah Jeewna	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	33 km
Gedar Khadi	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	33 km
Roda	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	33 km
Sharifa	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	33 km
Shah Husain	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	34 km
Baland	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	35 km
Barana	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	36 km
Bhin	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	37 km
Sangra	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	37 km
Aputh Bahadur	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	37 km
Ahmadwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	37 km
Bharatpur	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	41 km
Jaura	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	42 km
Chund Bharwana	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	42 km
Abbaspur	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	43 km
Ballo Shahabal	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	45 km
Mahni	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	45 km
Bhattranwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	46 km
Bawana	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	48 km
Abhulke	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	49 km
Bhorani	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	49 km
Mahmud Shadid	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	49 km
Bitta	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	51 km
Mitha Tiwana	Punjab	Pakistan	City	26000 people	51 km
Adhi Kot	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	52 km
Ledeke	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	52 km
Darjanwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	53 km
Sargodha	Punjab	Pakistan	City	540000 people	53 km
Dhrema	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	53 km
Massan	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	54 km
Gandewala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	55 km
Aubal	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	55 km
Hadali	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	55 km
Laian	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	56 km
Kalial	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	56 km
Khushab	Punjab	Pakistan	City	95000 people	56 km
Gawans	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	57 km
Shahpur	Punjab	Pakistan	City	-	58 km
Dhingana	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	58 km
Jhang Sadar	Punjab	Pakistan	City	-	59 km
Adhi Sargal	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Batti	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Kotli Baqar Shah	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	60 km
Gauharwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	61 km
Bukhari	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	61 km
Arakwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	62 km
Karluwaia	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	62 km
Bhonkani	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	63 km
Moohiwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	64 km
Hamidwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	64 km
Ahmadnagar	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	65 km
Qaidabad	Punjab	Pakistan	City	-	66 km
Nawan Jandanwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	66 km
Warcha	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	67 km
Kaura	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	68 km
Mahranwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	68 km
Saleh Khan Singh	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	68 km
Arnianwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	68 km
Ajnala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	69 km
Atharan	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	69 km
Bunga	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	70 km
Chiniot	Punjab	Pakistan	Major city	200000 people	73 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
Sahiwal	SWN	174				0	13 km
Sargodha	BHW	187	Mil.	Paved	No	9000	51 km
Faisalabad	LYP	185	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9200	88 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Trimmu	Chenab	n/a	72 km

More information

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