M 8 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.4 m) in Pakistan on 02 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
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Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 8.0M
Depth: 15 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.5 , 63
Event Date: 02 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
02 Jul 2015 04:00 Local
Exposed Population:
About 90033 people within 100km
Source: SIMULATION
Inserted at: 26 Jun 2015 10:46 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
SIMULATION 2 2
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 1.39m  
  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
1085907 2 02 Jul 2015 00:00 8M, 15km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 1.4m (at 00:18) -13:-13 SIMULATION
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 Pakistan , Province of Baluchistan (population 6,517,825) .

Radius Population
100 km 90000 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Baluchistan Pakistan 6.5 million people

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
Pasni PSI 4 Civ. Paved Yes 8900 94 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Pasni PKPSI Pakistan 97 km

More information

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