M 4.1 in France on 07 Jan 2013 04:20 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: 4.1M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.77 , 6.71
Event Date: 07 Jan 2013 04:20 UTC
07 Jan 2013 05:20 Local
Exposed Population:
3260000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 07 Jan 2013 04:38 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
121820 0.5 07 Jan 2013 04:20 4.1M, 2km N/A 3.3 million (in 100km) 00:09 EMSC
121821 0.5 07 Jan 2013 04:20 4.1M, 5km N/A 3.3 million (in 100km) 00:17 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 Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (population 4,332,708) . The nearest places are Torino, and Arvieux.

Radius Population
100 km 3.3 million people
75 km 900000 people
50 km 200000 people
20 km 21000 people
10 km 1200 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France 4.3 million people
Piemonte Italy 4.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Arvieux Provence-Alpes-C�te d'Azur France Village <1000 people 3 km
Torino Piemonte Italy Major city 860000 people 82 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
St. Crepin / Vars St. Crepin SCP unknown 15 km
Serre Chevalier SEC unknown 17 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Serre Poncon Durance 1960 48 km

More information

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