M 4.4 in Iran on 07 Jan 2013 00:41 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: 4.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.76 , 56.22
Event Date: 07 Jan 2013 00:41 UTC
07 Jan 2013 04:11 Local
Exposed Population:
860000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 07 Jan 2013 07:57 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
121819 0.5 07 Jan 2013 00:41 4.2M, 11km N/A 840 thousand (in 100km) 00:33 EMSC
121823 0.5 07 Jan 2013 00:41 4.4M, 10km N/A 860 thousand (in 100km) 07:15 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 , Province of Hormozgan (population 989,556) . The nearest places are and Qeshm.

Radius Population
100 km 860000 people
75 km 590000 people
50 km 640000 people
20 km 98000 people
10 km 34000 people
5 km 2100 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Iran Hormozgan 990000 people
Oman Musandam -
United Arab Emirates Ra's al Khaymah 140000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Qeshm Hormozgan Iran City 17000 people 8 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
Qeshm South 38 9 km
Bandar Abbas NAS HDR 12 Mil. Paved Yes 8500 18 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Qeshm Iran 7 km
Bandar Abbas IRBND Iran 16 km
Bandar Shahid Rejaie Iran 17 km

More information

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