Overall Green Earthquake alert in Croatia on 17 Jan 2013 13:21 UTC

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M 4.2 in Croatia on 17 Jan 2013 13:21 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:	4.2M
Depth:	2 Km
Lat/Lon:	43.67 , 16.44
Event Date:	17 Jan 2013 13:21 UTC 17 Jan 2013 14:21 Local
Exposed Population:	1180000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	17 Jan 2013 14:28 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
122001	0.5	17 Jan 2013 13:21	4M, 2km	N/A	1.3 million (in 100km)	00:32	EMSC
122002	0.5	17 Jan 2013 13:21	4M, 2km	N/A	1.3 million (in 100km)	00:34	EMSC
122003	0.5	17 Jan 2013 13:21	4.2M, 2km	N/A	1.2 million (in 100km)	01:06	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 Croatia , of Croatia. The nearest places are Otisic, Potravlje, Dabar, Krunici, Donje Ogorje, Hrvace, Milesina, Koljane, Bracev Dolac, Subotic, and Mracaj.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	710000 people
50 km	480000 people
20 km	41000 people
10 km	5300 people
5 km	1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Croatia	Croatia	-
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Otisic	Croatia	Village	-	4 km
Potravlje	Croatia	Village	<1000 people	4 km
Dabar	Croatia	Village	-	4 km
Krunici	Croatia	Village	-	8 km
Donje Ogorje	Croatia	Village	-	9 km
Hrvace	Croatia	Village	1600 people	10 km
Milesina	Croatia	Village	-	10 km
Koljane	Croatia	Village	-	11 km
Bracev Dolac	Croatia	Village	-	11 km
Subotic	Croatia	Village	-	11 km
Bracevic	Croatia	Village	-	12 km
Pribude	Croatia	Village	-	12 km
Bajagic	Croatia	Village	-	12 km
Radunic	Croatia	Village	-	12 km
Muc	Croatia	Village	-	12 km
Suhac	Croatia	Village	-	12 km
Neoric	Croatia	Village	-	13 km
Donji Muc	Croatia	Village	-	13 km
Petrovio	Croatia	Village	-	13 km
Gornje Postinje	Croatia	Village	-	14 km
Vrba	Croatia	Village	-	14 km
Matkovine	Croatia	Village	-	14 km
Sinj	Croatia	City	11000 people	14 km
Glavice	Croatia	Village	-	14 km
Obrovac Sinjski	Croatia	Village	-	14 km
Ramljane	Croatia	Village	-	15 km
Brnaze	Croatia	Village	3200 people	16 km
Maovice	Croatia	Village	-	16 km
Bili Brig	Croatia	Village	-	17 km
Vrlika	Croatia	Village	<1000 people	17 km
Gizdavac	Croatia	Village	-	17 km
Baljci	Croatia	Village	-	18 km
Kosore	Croatia	Village	-	18 km
Brstanovo	Croatia	Village	-	18 km
Kljake	Croatia	Village	-	18 km
Susci	Croatia	Village	-	18 km
Kraj	Croatia	Village	-	18 km
Caprazlije	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Village	-	19 km
Gala	Croatia	Village	1000 people	19 km
Donji Rujani	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Village	-	20 km
Civljane	Croatia	Village	-	20 km
Otok	Croatia	Village	3100 people	20 km
Nisko	Croatia	Village	-	20 km
Gljev	Croatia	Village	-	20 km
Prugovo	Croatia	Village	-	20 km
Turjaci	Croatia	Village	1200 people	21 km
Cetina	Croatia	Village	-	21 km
Vukovic	Croatia	Village	-	21 km
Stikovo	Croatia	Village	-	22 km
Ruzic	Croatia	Village	-	22 km
Dugobabe	Croatia	Village	-	22 km
Koprivno	Croatia	Village	-	22 km
Korusce	Croatia	Village	-	22 km
Celebic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Village	-	22 km
Krusvar	Croatia	Village	-	23 km
Topici	Croatia	Village	-	23 km
Konjsko	Croatia	Village	-	23 km
Udovicic	Croatia	Village	-	23 km
Caic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Village	-	23 km
Ercegovci	Croatia	Village	-	23 km
Kladnjice	Croatia	Village	-	24 km
Otavice	Croatia	Village	-	24 km
Lecevica	Croatia	Village	-	24 km
Veliki Brocanac	Croatia	Village	-	24 km
Celebic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Village	-	24 km
Prolog	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Village	-	24 km
Uble	Croatia	Village	-	24 km
Vojnic Sinjski	Croatia	Village	-	24 km
Mosec	Croatia	Village	-	24 km
Ruda	Croatia	Village	<1000 people	25 km
Kladnice	Croatia	Village	-	25 km
Kijevo	Croatia	Village	-	25 km
Klis	Croatia	Village	2600 people	25 km
Dugopolje	Croatia	Village	2700 people	25 km
Donja Korita	Croatia	Village	-	25 km
Glavas	Croatia	Village	-	25 km
Grab	Croatia	Village	-	25 km
Klis-Grlo	Croatia	Village	-	26 km
Lusnic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Village	-	26 km
Blaca	Croatia	Village	-	26 km
Liska	Croatia	Village	-	26 km
Biocic	Croatia	Village	-	26 km
Vedrine	Croatia	Village	-	26 km
Uniste	Croatia	Village	-	27 km
Ridane	Croatia	Village	-	27 km
Bisko	Croatia	Village	-	27 km
Kricke	Croatia	Village	-	27 km
Jurici	Croatia	Village	-	27 km
Trilj	Croatia	Village	2400 people	27 km
Donje Planjane	Croatia	Village	-	27 km
Siveric	Croatia	Village	-	28 km
Tepljuh	Croatia	Village	-	28 km
Caporice	Croatia	Village	-	28 km
Cera	Croatia	Village	-	28 km
Radosic	Croatia	Village	-	28 km
Unesic	Croatia	Village	-	28 km
Unista	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Village	-	28 km
Kotlenice	Croatia	Village	-	28 km
Bogdanovic	Croatia	Village	-	29 km
Velic	Croatia	Village	-	29 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
Sinj		296	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	16 km
Split	SPU	24	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	35 km
Brac		541	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4300	59 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Vranjic	HRSLN	Croatia	30 km
Split	HRSPU	Croatia	34 km
Trogir		Croatia	39 km
Omis		Croatia	42 km
Sibenik	HRSIB	Croatia	51 km
Pucisce		Croatia	51 km
Maslenica	HRMAS	Croatia	52 km
Makarska		Croatia	67 km
Hvar	HRHVA	Croatia	70 km
Vis Island		Croatia	86 km
Maslenica		Croatia	91 km
Vela Luka		Croatia	94 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Peruca	Cetina	1958	5 km
	Busko Blato	Ricina	1974	43 km
Zeleno Jezero	Ricice	Ricice	1985	59 km
Ricice Reservoir	Stikada	Ricice	1983	80 km
	Rama	Rama	1969	84 km
	Bocac	Vrbas	1981	93 km
	Jablanica	Neretva	1954	97 km

More information

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