M 4.3 in Italy on 03 Oct 2012 09:20 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: 4.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.55 , 7.27
Event Date: 03 Oct 2012 09:20 UTC
03 Oct 2012 11:20 Local
Exposed Population:
4080000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 03 Oct 2012 13:45 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
120026 0.5 03 Oct 2012 09:20 4.5M, 2km N/A 3.7 million (in 100km) 00:12 EMSC
120027 0.5 03 Oct 2012 09:20 4.2M, 2km N/A 3.6 million (in 100km) 00:20 EMSC
120029 0.5 03 Oct 2012 09:20 4.3M, 10km N/A 4.1 million (in 100km) 04:25 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 Italy , Region of Piemonte (population 4,389,617) . The nearest places are Torino, Chiaronto, Sampeyre, Dragoniere, and Rore.

Radius Population
100 km 3.9 million people
75 km 2.5 million people
50 km 560000 people
20 km 48000 people
10 km 5500 people
5 km 3100 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Piemonte Italy 4.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Dragoniere Piemonte Italy Village - 1 km
Rore Piemonte Italy Village - 1 km
Chiaronto Piemonte Italy Village - 2 km
Sampeyre Piemonte Italy Village - 3 km
Torino Piemonte Italy Major city 860000 people 65 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Levaldigi CUF 380 Civ. Paved Yes 6900 32 km
Barcelonnette BAE unknown 52 km
St. Crepin / Vars St. Crepin SCP unknown 52 km
Serre Chevalier SEC unknown 53 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Menton France 93 km
San Remo ITSRE Italy 96 km
Monaco MCMON Monaco 96 km
Bordighera Italy 96 km
Nice FRNCE France 98 km
Villefranche FRVLL France 99 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Le Mont Cenis Cenise 1968 74 km
Serre Poncon Durance 1960 76 km

More information

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