Overall Green Earthquake alert in Tanzania on 19 Mar 2017 10:35 UTC

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M 4.9 in Tanzania on 19 Mar 2017 10:35 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:	4.9M
Depth:	12.91 Km
Lat/Lon:	-8.1596 , 38.1074
Event Date:	19 Mar 2017 10:35 UTC 19 Mar 2017 13:35 Local
Exposed Population:	280000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008t5l
Inserted at:	19 Mar 2017 10:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	6.5 (Tanzania)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
us20008t5l	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
1161107		0.1	19 Mar 2017 10:35	4.9M, 12.91km	N/A	290 thousand (in 100km)		00:15	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 Tanzania , Region of Lindi (population 791,960) . The nearest places are Kipororo, Ngwembe, Mawa, Makindu, Mswega, Nyakisiku, Mkalinju, Masagura, Mpanga, Kwangwazi, and Madaba.

Radius	Population
100 km	290000 people
75 km	130000 people
50 km	41000 people
20 km	3000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Lindi	Tanzania	790000 people
Pwani	Tanzania	640000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kipororo	Lindi	Tanzania	Village	-	11 km
Ngwembe	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	11 km
Mawa	Lindi	Tanzania	Village	-	16 km
Makindu	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	34 km
Mswega	Lindi	Tanzania	Village	-	34 km
Nyakisiku	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	38 km
Mkalinju	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	38 km
Masagura	Morogoro	Tanzania	Village	-	41 km
Mpanga	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	41 km
Kwangwazi	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	42 km
Mtanza	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	43 km
Lukuliro	Lindi	Tanzania	Village	-	44 km
Zombe	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	46 km
Itete	Lindi	Tanzania	Village	-	46 km
Logeloge	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	51 km
Mitowa	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	53 km
Kwa Mhinda	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	60 km
Kungurwe	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	63 km
Ngarimbi	Lindi	Tanzania	Village	-	64 km
Mpanganya	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	65 km
Madaba	Lindi	Tanzania	Village	-	67 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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