M 4.6 in Turkmenistan on 11 Jan 2017 14:28 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: Km
Lat/Lon: 40.6567 , 51.9821
Event Date: 11 Jan 2017 14:28 UTC
11 Jan 2017 17:28 Local
Exposed Population:
About 100 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007sjy
Inserted at: 11 Jan 2017 14:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
6.1 (Turkmenistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Turkmenistan= 6.1; Azerbaijan= 4.7; Kazakhstan= 3.7

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007sjy 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1153649 0 11 Jan 2017 14:28 4.6M, 38.17km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:20 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 Turkmenistan , Region of Krasnovodsk.

Radius Population
100 km <1000 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
Krasnovodsk Turkmenistan -

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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