Overall Green Earthquake alert in Islamic Republic of Iran on 16 Feb 2020 12:30 UTC

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M 5.1 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 16 Feb 2020 12:30 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:	5.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.1028 , 55.7703
Event Date:	16 Feb 2020 12:30 UTC 16 Feb 2020 16:00 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1000 people in MMI 860000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70007rb0
Inserted at:	18 Feb 2020 19:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
us70007rb0	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0.11
	C2 shakemap	0.4
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1296503		0.7	16 Feb 2020 12:30	5.5M, 10km	6.93	475 (in MMI>=VII)		02:21	NEIC
1296856		0.1	16 Feb 2020 12:30	5.1M, 10km	6.37	2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		2d 06:45	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 Islamic Republic of Iran ,of Hormozgan (population 34) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	1300 people
	9200 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.7	1296503	27.142/55.749	5.5	10.0	6.926	16 Feb 2020 12:51	00:20	(new episode)
2	0.7	1296503	27.142/55.749	5.5	10.0	6.926	16 Feb 2020 14:34	02:03	(upd of #1)
3	0.7	1296503	27.142/55.749	5.5	10.0	6.926	16 Feb 2020 14:52	02:21	(upd of #2)
4	0.9	1296503	27.142/55.749	5.5	10.0	6.926	17 Feb 2020 12:33	1d 00:02	(upd of #3)
5	0.1	1296856	27.103/55.77	5.1	10.0	6.374	18 Feb 2020 19:19	2d 06:49	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	2000 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	16000 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	290000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pahel	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	10 km
Kachu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	10 km
Gachin-e Pa'in	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	12 km
Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	19 km
Bandar-e Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	22 km
Seyyed Jabal ed Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	23 km
Khamir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	25 km
Keshar-e Olya	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	26 km
Dogerdan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	33 km
Kavarzin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	34 km
Bandar-e Dargaham	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	35 km
Ramkan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Tabl	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	39 km
Direstan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	41 km
Salagh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	45 km
Bandar-e Suza	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Tazeyan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Darva	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Bandar Abbas	Hormozgan	Iran	City	-	51 km
Dezhgan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	54 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
Bandar Abbas NAS	HDR	12	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8500	40 km
Qeshm Central		15	Civ.	Paved	No	13600	41 km
Bandar Abbass International	BND	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	62 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Khamir		Iran	25 km
Bandar Shahid Rejaie		Iran	29 km
Bandar Abbas	IRBND	Iran	42 km
Henjam	IRHEJ	Iran	45 km

More information

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