Overall Green Earthquake alert in Pakistan on 20 Jan 2017 03:47 UTC

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M 4.5 in Pakistan on 20 Jan 2017 03:47 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:	26.6493 , 66.2529
Event Date:	20 Jan 2017 03:47 UTC 20 Jan 2017 08:47 Local
Exposed Population:	370000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007u9i
Inserted at:	20 Jan 2017 04:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.7 (Pakistan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007u9i	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
1154622		0	20 Jan 2017 03:47	4.5M, 10km	N/A	380 thousand (in 100km)		00:27	NEIC

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* 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 Baluchistan (population 6,517,825) . The nearest places are Adu, Haji Muhammad Khan Bent, Kanoji, Lakator, Tapi Thana, Gondrani, Tripi, Bagh Sanja, Rustam Khan Shahr, Pir Konana, and Wayara.

Radius	Population
100 km	380000 people
75 km	210000 people
50 km	110000 people
20 km	4700 people
10 km	1300 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Baluchistan	Pakistan	6.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Adu	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	14 km
Haji Muhammad Khan Bent	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	23 km
Kanoji	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	25 km
Lakator	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	25 km
Tapi Thana	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	29 km
Gondrani	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	30 km
Tripi	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	37 km
Bagh Sanja	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	39 km
Rustam Khan Shahr	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	41 km
Pir Konana	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	42 km
Haji Mihrab	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	43 km
Bela	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	20000 people	47 km
Pelar	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	51 km
Chagai	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	52 km
Rungani	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	53 km
Chauki	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	54 km
Obara	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	57 km
Hudishi	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	58 km
Sipai Sing	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Doleji Daf	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Drakalo	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	60 km
Mahri	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	62 km
Kanrach Thana	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	64 km
Aogani	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	65 km
Shank	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	67 km
Wayara	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	69 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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