Overall Green Earthquake alert in Italy on 15 Apr 2021 04:33 UTC

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M 4.6 in Italy on 15 Apr 2021 04:33 UTC

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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:	4.6M
Depth:	19.27 Km
Lat/Lon:	42.4763 , 16.0724
Event Date:	15 Apr 2021 04:33 UTC 15 Apr 2021 06:33 Local
Exposed Population:	230000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000e1pg
Inserted at:	16 Apr 2021 01:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.1 (Croatia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Croatia= 3.1; Italy= 2.4

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000e1pg	Scaled population (vector)	4.62
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.76

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1370350		0	15 Apr 2021 04:33	4.6M, 19.27km	N/A	230 thousand (in 100km)		20:49	NEIC

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 Italy , Region of Puglia (population 4,090,314) . The nearest places are Peschici, Manacore, Scoglio Paradiso, Podhumlje, San Menaio, Rukavac, Podspilje, Plisko Polje, Rodi Garganico, Spiaggia Scialmarino, and Ubli.

Radius	Population
100 km	230000 people
75 km	47000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Puglia	Italy	4.1 million people
Croatia	Croatia	-
Molise	Italy	340000 people
Abruzzi	Italy	1.3 million people
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-
Campania	Italy	5.8 million people
Basilicata	Italy	630000 people
Marche	Italy	1.4 million people
Montenegro	Montenegro	-
Lazio	Italy	5.2 million people
Umbria	Italy	830000 people
Calabria	Italy	2.2 million people
Shkoder	Albania	230000 people
Serbia	Serbia	-
Lezhe	Albania	67000 people
Kruje	Albania	120000 people
Durres	Albania	240000 people
Vatican City	Holy See (Vatican City State)	<1000 people
Puke	Albania	52000 people
Tropoje	Albania	48000 people
Mirdite	Albania	55000 people
Emilia-Romagna	Italy	3.9 million people
Tirane	Albania	390000 people
Mat	Albania	83000 people
Lushnje	Albania	140000 people
Toscana	Italy	3.6 million people
Fier	Albania	260000 people
San Marino	San Marino	24000 people
Slovenia	Slovenia	-
Elbasan	Albania	260000 people
Vlore	Albania	-
Kukes	Albania	110000 people
Dibre	Albania	150000 people
Berat	Albania	190000 people
Librazhd	Albania	78000 people
Gramsh	Albania	47000 people
Macedonia	The Republic of North Macedonia	-
Tepelene	Albania	54000 people
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Italy	1.2 million people
Veneto	Italy	4.4 million people
Skrapar	Albania	50000 people
Baranya	Hungary	420000 people
Somogy	Hungary	340000 people
Pogradec	Albania	77000 people
Korce	Albania	210000 people
Permet	Albania	42000 people
Gjirokaster	Albania	70000 people
Sarande	Albania	93000 people
Ionian Islands	Greece	190000 people
Kolonje	Albania	26000 people
Zala	Hungary	310000 people
Bacs-Kiskun	Hungary	550000 people
Macedonia	Greece	2.3 million people
Ipiros	Greece	340000 people
Karnten	Austria	550000 people
Tolna	Hungary	260000 people
Lombardia	Italy	9 million people
Sicilia	Italy	5.2 million people
Steiermark	Austria	1.2 million people
Vas	Hungary	280000 people
Burgenland	Austria	270000 people
Thessalia	Greece	730000 people
Veszprem	Hungary	380000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Peschici	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	59 km
Manacore	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	59 km
Scoglio Paradiso	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	61 km
Podhumlje		Croatia	Village	-	61 km
San Menaio	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	61 km
Rukavac		Croatia	Village	-	62 km
Podspilje		Croatia	Village	-	62 km
Plisko Polje		Croatia	Village	-	63 km
Rodi Garganico	Puglia	Italy	City	-	63 km
Spiaggia Scialmarino	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	63 km
Vis		Croatia	Village	1800 people	63 km
Villaggio Santa Barbara	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	64 km
Vico del Gargano	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	65 km
Cava di Tufo	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	65 km
Ischitella	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	65 km
Podselje		Croatia	Village	-	66 km
Okljucna		Croatia	Village	-	66 km
Cascine della Macchia	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	66 km
Foce Varano	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	66 km
Vieste	Puglia	Italy	City	13000 people	66 km
Fucito	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	67 km
Sveti Andrija		Croatia	Village	-	67 km
Il Parchetto	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	69 km
Porta di Niuzi	Puglia	Italy	Village	-	69 km
Ubli		Croatia	Village	-	69 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Peschici		Italy	62 km
Vis Island		Croatia	66 km
Vieste	ITVIE	Italy	66 km
Vela Luka		Croatia	74 km
Lastovo		Croatia	75 km
Hvar	HRHVA	Croatia	83 km
Manfredonia	ITMFR	Italy	96 km

More information

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