Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iraq from 18 Aug 2017 10:18 UTC to 10:18

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M 4.5 in Iraq from 18 Aug 2017 10:18 UTC to 10:18

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:	31.69 , 46.03
Event Date:	18 Aug 2017 10:18 UTC 18 Aug 2017 13:18 Local
Exposed Population:	2850000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC 612709
Inserted at:	18 Aug 2017 10:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	6.9 (Iraq)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0		0
612709	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1177825	0	18 Aug 2017 10:18	4.5M, 10km	N/A	2.9 million (in 100km)	00:12	EMSC
1177826	0	18 Aug 2017 10:18	4.5M, 2km	N/A	2.8 million (in 100km)	00:13	EMSC
1177827	0	18 Aug 2017 10:18	4.5M, 60km	N/A	1.7 million (in 100km)	00:17	EMSC
1177828	0	18 Aug 2017 10:18	4.5M, 30km	N/A	2.8 million (in 100km)	00:19	EMSC
1177838	0.2	18 Aug 2017 10:18	4.7M, 10km	N/A	2.5 million (in 100km)	02:06	NEIC
1177839	0.2	18 Aug 2017 10:18	4.7M, 15km	N/A	2.8 million (in 100km)	02:07	EMSC
1177844	0.2	18 Aug 2017 10:18	4.7M, 10km	N/A	2.5 million (in 100km)	02:30	EMSC

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 Iraq , Governorate of Dhi Qar (population 975,393) . The nearest places are Ar Rifa, Qal'a Mirias Sakhr, As Saiyid Muhammad, Afshan, Qal At Sukkar, Nasir, Qal'at Rawdan, Hadhim al Mushari, Fajir, Albu Tarfa, and Al Khidr.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.9 million people
75 km	1.4 million people
50 km	730000 people
20 km	190000 people
10 km	53000 people
5 km	5000 people
2 km	1400 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Dhi Qar	Iraq	980000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ar Rifa	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	9 km
Qal'a Mirias Sakhr	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	12 km
As Saiyid Muhammad	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	12 km
Afshan	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	16 km
Qal At Sukkar	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	19 km
Nasir	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	21 km
Qal'at Rawdan	Al Qadisiyah	Iraq	Village	-	23 km
Hadhim al Mushari	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	26 km
Fajir	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	26 km
Albu Tarfa	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	27 km
'Abd al Husayn	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	30 km
Qal'at Khanjah	Al Muthanna	Iraq	Village	-	33 km
Ash Shatrah	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	34 km
Begai	Wasit	Iraq	Village	-	36 km
Ad Dawwayah	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	40 km
Al Budur	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	42 km
Aggar	Wasit	Iraq	Village	-	42 km
Saiyid Jabbar	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	42 km
'Abd Allah	Maysan	Iraq	Village	-	43 km
Al Umnaythir	Al Muthanna	Iraq	Village	-	46 km
Al Gharib	Wasit	Iraq	Village	-	48 km
Gharraf	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	48 km
Abu 'Awdah	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	48 km
Shamkhá	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	49 km
Sachit	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	50 km
Ghazzi	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	51 km
Kut Al Hayy	Wasit	Iraq	City	-	53 km
Jahar	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	60 km
As Saiyid Hamud al Hasan	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	60 km
Sagr al Yusuf	Wasit	Iraq	Village	-	61 km
Hafiz al Jasim	Maysan	Iraq	Village	-	62 km
Musayyir al 'Aziz	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	62 km
Kadhim al Hajpal	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	63 km
Al 'Asaf	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	65 km
Yabir	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	65 km
Abu Gharib	Dhi Qar	Iraq	Village	-	65 km
'Abd 'Ali	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	65 km
Falh al 'Atshan	Al Qadisiyah	Iraq	Village	-	66 km
Tahrir	Al Qadisiyah	Iraq	Village	-	67 km
As Saiyid Jabir	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	69 km
Al Khidr	Al Muthanná	Iraq	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Qalat Sikar	14	31 km
Kut Al Hayy East	14	58 km
Tallil	6	84 km
Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah	20	92 km

More information

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