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Green Earthquake alert in Iran on 14/05/2012 17:12 UTC
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GDACS Event Report - Earthquake impact

Summary

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This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

  • Earthquake Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:15km
  • on 14/05/2012 17:12 UTC
  • 810000 people within 100km

Earthquake event

  • Magnitude: 4.6 M
  • Depth: 15 km (shallow)
  • Source: EMSC
  • Location (latitude/longitude): 30.75, 51.73
  • Time (UTC): 14/05/2012 17:12:49
  • Time (ECT): 14/05/2012 19:12:49

Earthquake impact details

The earthquake happened in Iran , Province of Fars (population 4,146,405) . The maximum altitude nearby is 4405m .

Population

Population near epicenter
Radius Population
100 km 860000 people
75 km 480000 people
50 km 220000 people
20 km 130000 people
10 km 1500 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected provinces

Country Region/Province Population
Iran Fars 4.1 million people
Iran Kohkiluyeh va buyer Ahmadi 530000 people
Iran Esfahan 4.2 million people
Iran Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari 810000 people

Affected cities

Critical infrastructure

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

Nearby and affected airports
Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Yasouj YES 1819 18 km
Gach Saran GCH 730 Civ. Paved Yes 6000 98 km
Not calculated

Event time line

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert colorDateMagnitude and depthPopulation within 100 kmTsunami risk (max height)Delay Source
1169315/14/2012 5:12:51 PM 4.6M, 20km 780 thousand 00:11 EMSCEMSC
1169325/14/2012 5:12:56 PM 4.6M, 100km 980 thousand 00:16 EMSCEMSC
1169335/14/2012 5:12:50 PM 4.6M, 15km 780 thousand 00:19 EMSCEMSC
1169345/14/2012 5:12:49 PM 4.6M, 15km 830 thousand 00:51 EMSCEMSC
1169365/14/2012 5:12:49 PM 4.6M, 15km 810 thousand 02:13 EMSCEMSC

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