Overall Green Earthquake alert in Tanzania on 12 Aug 2020 17:13 UTC

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M 6 in Tanzania on 12 Aug 2020 17:13 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.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.0M
Depth:	15.49 Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.3283 , 39.8073
Event Date:	12 Aug 2020 17:13 UTC 12 Aug 2020 20:13 Local
Exposed Population:	About 92000 people in MMI 5320000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000bdg8
Inserted at:	12 Aug 2020 19:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	6.5 (Tanzania)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000bdg8	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.17

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1326300		0	12 Aug 2020 17:13	5.9M, 12.2km	5.32	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	NEIC
1326305		0	12 Aug 2020 17:13	6M, 15.49km	5.36	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:03	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 Tanzania , Region of Pwani (population 638,015) . The nearest places are Buuni Village, Jimbo, Saungubweni, Mfunza, Mpafu, Kisiju, Kirongwe, Fungoni, Kutani, Dondo, and Dar es Salaam.

Radius	Population
100 km	5.3 million people
75 km	440000 people
50 km	27000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Pwani	Tanzania	640000 people
Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	1.7 million people
Zanzibar Central/South	Tanzania	70000 people
Lindi	Tanzania	790000 people
Zanzibar Urban/West	Tanzania	210000 people
Morogoro	Tanzania	1.5 million people
Zanzibar North	Tanzania	97000 people
Tanga	Tanzania	1.6 million people
Pemba South	Tanzania	130000 people
Pemba North	Tanzania	140000 people
Coast	Kenya	2.2 million people
Iringa	Tanzania	1.5 million people
Mtwara	Tanzania	1.1 million people
Arusha	Tanzania	1.7 million people
Dodoma	Tanzania	1.5 million people
Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	1.3 million people
Kilimanjaro	Tanzania	1.4 million people
Ruvuma	Tanzania	960000 people
Niassa	Mozambique	700000 people
Eastern	Kenya	4.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Buuni Village	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	39 km
Jimbo	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	49 km
Saungubweni	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	49 km
Mfunza	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	51 km
Mpafu	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	51 km
Kisiju	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	53 km
Kirongwe	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	53 km
Fungoni	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	55 km
Kutani	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	Village	-	55 km
Dondo	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	56 km
Karole	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	57 km
Msorwa	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	58 km
Mkarangama	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	59 km
Kipingwe	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	61 km
Bandarini	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	Village	-	62 km
Magawa	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	63 km
Sotele	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	63 km
Vikindu	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	23000 people	65 km
Kilindoni	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	12000 people	65 km
Mboamaji	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	Village	-	66 km
Njianne	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	67 km
Mbezi	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	67 km
Msindaji	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	68 km
Kiombani	Pwani	Tanzania	Village	-	70 km
Dar es Salaam	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	Major city	2.7 million 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
Mafia	MFA	18	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5200	67 km
Dar Es Salaam	DAR	55	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	83 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kisiju		Tanzania	52 km
Kilondoni		Tanzania	66 km
Mjimwema Terminal		Tanzania	75 km
Dar-es-Salaam	TZDAR	Tanzania	80 km

More information

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