M 4 in France on 05 Jan 2013 23:26 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: 4.0M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.14 , -0.2
Event Date: 05 Jan 2013 23:26 UTC
06 Jan 2013 00:26 Local
Exposed Population:
1110000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 05 Jan 2013 23:48 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
121798 0.5 05 Jan 2013 23:26 4.7M, 5km N/A 1.1 million (in 100km) 00:13 EMSC
121799 0.5 05 Jan 2013 23:26 4M, 5km N/A 1.1 million (in 100km) 00:22 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 France , Region of Aquitaine (population 2,850,095) . The nearest places are and Pontacq.

Radius Population
100 km 1.1 million people
75 km 800000 people
50 km 540000 people
20 km 84000 people
10 km 16000 people
5 km 3400 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
France Aquitaine 2.9 million people
France Midi-Pyrenees 2.3 million people
Spain Aragon 1.2 million people
Spain Navarra 530000 people
Spain Cataluna 6.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pontacq Aquitaine France Village 2800 people 10 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
Tarbes Ossun Lourdes LDE 384 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 17 km
Herrere 300 Civ. Unpaved No 3500 31 km
Pau Pyrenees PUF 188 Civ. Paved Yes 8200 36 km

More information

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