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Orange Earthquake alert in Afghanistan on 11/06/2012 05:29 UTC
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GDACS Event Report - Earthquake impact

Summary

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

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

  • Earthquake Magnitude 5.7M, Depth:31.3km
  • on 11/06/2012 05:29 UTC
  • 2820000 people within 100km

Earthquake event

  • Magnitude: 5.7 M
  • Depth: 31.3 km (deep)
  • Source: NEIC NEIC usb000acmf
  • Location (latitude/longitude): 36.082, 69.316
  • Time (UTC): 11/06/2012 05:29:14
  • Time (ECT): 11/06/2012 07:29:14

Earthquake impact details

The earthquake happened in Afghanistan , Province of Baghlan (population 661,932) . The maximum altitude nearby is 5272m .

Population

Population near epicenter
Radius Population
100 km 2.8 million people
75 km 1.7 million people
50 km 560000 people
20 km 41000 people
10 km 3600 people
5 km 1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected provinces

Country Region/Province Population
Afghanistan Baghlan 660000 people
Afghanistan Takhar 690000 people
Afghanistan Konduz 740000 people
Afghanistan Kapisa 330000 people
Afghanistan Parvan 670000 people
Afghanistan Badakhshan 660000 people
Afghanistan Samangan 350000 people
Afghanistan Laghman 410000 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
Kunduz UND 435 Civ. Paved No 6500 74 km
Taluqan TQN -9999999 79 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
1175066/11/2012 5:29:14 AM 5.6M, 31.3km 2.8 million 00:20 NEICNEIC
1175086/11/2012 5:29:14 AM 5.7M, 31.3km 2.8 million 01:54 NEICNEIC

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