Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iceland on 23 Oct 2012 05:27 UTC

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M 4.5 in Iceland on 23 Oct 2012 05:27 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.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.5M
Depth:	6 Km
Lat/Lon:	66.34 , -18.64
Event Date:	23 Oct 2012 05:27 UTC 23 Oct 2012 05:27 Local
Exposed Population:	About 27000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	23 Oct 2012 05:35 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
120394		0.5	23 Oct 2012 05:27	4.5M, 6km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		00:07	EMSC

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* 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 Iceland , Region of Nordhurland Eystra (population 29,967) .

Radius	Population
100 km	28000 people
75 km	8700 people
50 km	4400 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nordhurland Eystra	Iceland	30000 people

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
Siglufjordhur	SIJ	3	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3500	27 km
Olafsfjordur	OFJ	unknown					28 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Siglufjord	ISSIG	Iceland	23 km
Siglufjorhur	ISSIG	Iceland	27 km
Olafsfjorhur		Iceland	30 km

More information

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