Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mozambique on 29 Mar 2017 20:37 UTC

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M 5 in Mozambique on 29 Mar 2017 20:37 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:	5.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-10.9261 , 41.0871
Event Date:	29 Mar 2017 20:37 UTC 29 Mar 2017 23:37 Local
Exposed Population:	About 97000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008d53
Inserted at:	29 Mar 2017 20:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	6.6 (Mozambique)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Mozambique= 6.6; Tanzania= 6.5

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
us10008d53	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
1162178		0.1	29 Mar 2017 20:37	5M, 10km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	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 Mozambique , Province of Cabo Delgado (population 1,283,344) . The nearest places are Maganja, Quiwia, Boala, Olumbe, Bawala, Nturene, and Palma.

Radius	Population
100 km	98000 people
75 km	23000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	1.3 million people
Mtwara	Tanzania	1.1 million people
Lindi	Tanzania	790000 people
Comoros	Comoros	-
Niassa	Mozambique	700000 people
Nampula	Mozambique	3.3 million people
Ruvuma	Tanzania	960000 people
Pwani	Tanzania	640000 people
Morogoro	Tanzania	1.5 million people
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	1.7 million people
Mayotte	Mayotte	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Maganja	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	Village	-	54 km
Quiwia		Mozambique	Village	-	58 km
Boala	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	Village	-	64 km
Olumbe	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	Village	-	67 km
Bawala	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	Village	-	68 km
Nturene	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	Village	-	68 km
Palma	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	Village	-	70 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
Palma	LMZ	unknown				0	69 km
Mocimboa Da Praia	MZB	27	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cape Delgado		Mozambique	57 km
Mocimboa		Mozambique	97 km

More information

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