M 4.5 in Somalia on 28 Jul 2017 03:54 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.2518 , 50.7929
Event Date: 28 Jul 2017 03:54 UTC
28 Jul 2017 06:54 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000a21y
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2017 04:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Somalia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000a21y 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
1175585 0 28 Jul 2017 03:54 4.5M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:27 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 Somalia , Region of Bari (population 435,965) .

Radius Population
100 km no 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
Bari Somalia 440000 people
Aden Yemen 3.2 million people
Hadhramaut Yemen -
Al Mahrah Yemen -
'Ataq Yemen -
Sanaag Somalia 420000 people
Abyan Yemen -
Zufar Oman -
Sool Somalia -

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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