Overall Green Earthquake alert in Turkmenistan on 01 Oct 2012 08:51 UTC

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M 4.1 in Turkmenistan on 01 Oct 2012 08:51 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.1M
Depth:	2 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.62 , 55.57
Event Date:	01 Oct 2012 08:51 UTC 01 Oct 2012 13:51 Local
Exposed Population:	210000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	01 Oct 2012 11:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
119984		0.5	01 Oct 2012 08:51	4.1M, 2km	N/A	200 thousand (in 100km)		01:44	EMSC
119986		0.5	01 Oct 2012 08:51	4.1M, 2km	N/A	210 thousand (in 100km)		02:09	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 Turkmenistan , Region of Krasnovodsk.

Radius	Population
100 km	210000 people
75 km	120000 people
50 km	1900 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Krasnovodsk	Turkmenistan	-

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Kizyl-Arvat Northwest	91	66 km
Kizyl Arvat	56	74 km
Byurgyutli Southeast	50	78 km

More information

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