Overall Green Earthquake alert in Pakistan on 05 Jan 2013 05:58 UTC

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M 4.7 in Pakistan on 05 Jan 2013 05:58 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:	Km
Lat/Lon:	24.74 , 61.82
Event Date:	05 Jan 2013 05:58 UTC 05 Jan 2013 09:58 Local
Exposed Population:	About 96000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	05 Jan 2013 11:03 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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
121778	0.5	05 Jan 2013 05:58	4M, 10km	N/A	210 thousand (in 100km)	00:32	EMSC
121779	0.5	05 Jan 2013 05:58	4.6M, 10km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	00:35	NEIC
121788	0.5	05 Jan 2013 05:58	4.7M, 10km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)	05:04	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 Iran, Islamic Republic of , Province of Sistan va Baluchestan (population 1,554,117) . The nearest places are Pesabandar, Pusht, Jiwani, Kalani, Garatk, Bandi, Beris, Sam, Gar Sont, Nilak, and Dipk.

Radius	Population
100 km	400000 people
75 km	120000 people
50 km	45000 people
20 km	1300 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sistan va Baluchestan	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.6 million people
Baluchistan	Pakistan	6.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pesabandar	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	15 km
Pusht	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	21 km
Jiwani	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	15000 people	27 km
Kalani	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Garatk	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Bandi	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	41 km
Beris	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	41 km
Sam	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Gar Sont	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Nilak	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	45 km
Sand Shiran	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	45 km
Chileh Sar	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	47 km
Barag	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Rimdan	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Dur	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Sand Hamzeh	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	49 km
Danu	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	49 km
Kurmin	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	50 km
Rudik Karim Bakhsh	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	50 km
Rudik Shiran	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Simaj	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Sheykhan Gorg	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Kalber	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Sand Mir Sha'ban	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Sammach	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	53 km
Balad	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	53 km
Petar	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	53 km
Bal	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	55 km
Tambav	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	55 km
Sitar	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Khaleq Dari	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Negur	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	59 km
Mazan Pad	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	60 km
Balur Mach	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	60 km
Dalgan-E Pa'in	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	61 km
Dalgan-E Bala	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	61 km
Pishukan	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	61 km
Tamp Kuh	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	62 km
Soleyman Bazar	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	63 km
'abdollah Bazar	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	63 km
Kach	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	65 km
Sand-E Bahu	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	65 km
Hezari	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	65 km
Baluchi	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Basot	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Nok Bandan	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Now Bandar	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Sangan	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Kachow	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	69 km
Dipk	Sistan and Baluchestan	Iran	Village	-	69 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
Jiwani	JIW	56	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5800	33 km
Gwadar	GWD	29	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	88 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Gavater		Iran	22 km
Gwadar	PKGWD	Pakistan	84 km
Chah-Bahar	IRZBR	Iran	97 km

More information

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