Overall Green Earthquake alert in Pakistan on 08 Feb 2017 11:02 UTC

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M 5.2 in Pakistan on 08 Feb 2017 11:02 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:	5.2M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	25.1249 , 63.3072
Event Date:	08 Feb 2017 11:02 UTC 08 Feb 2017 16:02 Local
Exposed Population:	120000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008ig4
Inserted at:	08 Feb 2017 11:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.7 (Pakistan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us20008ig4	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
1156753		0.3	08 Feb 2017 11:02	5.2M, 10km	N/A	130 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 Baluchistan (population 6,517,825) . The nearest places are Pasni, Shinzam, Kabri, Miski, Kandasole, Ghulaman-i-Bent, Nagi, Rumra, Hambi, Sebadagan, and Kappar.

Radius	Population
100 km	130000 people
75 km	63000 people
50 km	42000 people
20 km	2400 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Baluchistan	Pakistan	6.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pasni	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	33000 people	22 km
Shinzam	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	25 km
Kabri	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	36 km
Miski	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	37 km
Kandasole	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	42 km
Ghulaman-i-Bent	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	50 km
Nagi	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	53 km
Rumra	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	53 km
Hambi	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	55 km
Sebadagan	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Kappar	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	64 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
Pasni	PSI	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8900	19 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Pasni	PKPSI	Pakistan	23 km

More information

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