M 4.7 in Afghanistan on 10 Oct 2012 00:37 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: 4.7M
Depth: 95.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.2321 , 71.4215
Event Date: 10 Oct 2012 00:37 UTC
10 Oct 2012 05:07 Local
Exposed Population:
510000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000d3js
Inserted at: 12 Oct 2012 02:04 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d3js 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
120129 0.5 10 Oct 2012 00:37 4.6M, 90.4km N/A 510 thousand (in 100km) 00:40 NEIC
120166 0.5 10 Oct 2012 00:37 4.7M, 95.7km N/A 510 thousand (in 100km) 2d 01:27 NEIC
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 Afghanistan , Province of Badakhshan (population 666,668) .

Radius Population
100 km 590000 people
75 km 260000 people
50 km 65000 people
20 km 6300 people
10 km 1400 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Afghanistan Badakhshan 670000 people
Pakistan North-west Frontier 16.6 million people
Afghanistan Konarha 330000 people
Tajikistan Dushanbe -
Afghanistan Takhar 700000 people
Afghanistan Laghman 420000 people
Afghanistan Kapisa 340000 people
Pakistan Northern Areas -

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
Chitral CJL 1494 Civ. Paved No 5800 56 km
Ishkashim 30480 66 km

More information

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