Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Pakistan on 24 Sep 2019 11:01 UTC

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M 5.6 in Pakistan on 24 Sep 2019 11:01 UTC

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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	33.1062 , 73.7655
Event Date:	24 Sep 2019 11:01 UTC 24 Sep 2019 16:01 Local
Exposed Population:	About 93000 people in MMI 20240000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60005mqp
Inserted at:	25 Sep 2019 11:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.7 (Pakistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Pakistan= 5.7; India= 4.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.3		1.3
us60005mqp	Scaled population (raster)	3.81
	C1 shakemap	-3.12
	C2 shakemap	1.16
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.07

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1271827	0.3	24 Sep 2019 11:01	5.8M, 10km	6.76	5 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	00:35	NEIC
1271831	0	24 Sep 2019 11:01	5.2M, 10km	6.56	101 (in MMI>=VII)	02:23	NEIC
1271838	1.3	24 Sep 2019 11:01	5.6M, 10km	7.1	90 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	1d 00:04	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 Pakistan ,of Azad Kashmir Province (population 181,479) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	93000 people
	780000 people
	1.4 million people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1.3	1271827	33.132/73.779	5.8	10.0	6.987	24 Sep 2019 11:37	00:35	(new episode)
2	0.3	1271827	33.132/73.779	5.8	10.0	6.758	24 Sep 2019 13:10	02:08	(upd of #1)
3	0.3	1271831	33.132/73.779	5.8	10.0	6.758	24 Sep 2019 13:24	02:22	(new episode)
4	0	1271831	33.106/73.766	5.2	10.0	6.557	24 Sep 2019 13:25	02:23	(upd of #3)
5	0	1271838	33.106/73.766	5.2	10.0	6.557	24 Sep 2019 15:58	04:56	(new episode)
6	0	1271838	33.106/73.766	5.6	10.0	6.61	24 Sep 2019 16:01	04:59	(upd of #5)
7	1.3	1271838	33.106/73.766	5.6	10.0	7.101	25 Sep 2019 11:06	1d 00:04	(upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Azad Kashmir Province	Pakistan	180000 people
Punjab	Pakistan	22000 people
Azad Kashmir Province	Pakistan	340000 people
Punjab	Pakistan	630000 people
Azad Kashmir Province	Pakistan	340000 people
Punjab	Pakistan	1.2 million people
Jammu & Kashmir	India	3700 people
Azad Kashmir Province	Pakistan	810000 people
Punjab	Pakistan	6.5 million people
Jammu & Kashmir	India	290000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mirpur	Azad Kashmir	Pakistan	Village	-	8 km
Porilah	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	11 km
Jhelum	Punjab	Pakistan	City	160000 people	20 km
Mangla	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	15 km
Sanghoi	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	32 km
Bhimbar	Azad Kashmir	Pakistan	Village	-	32 km
Kharian	Punjab	Pakistan	City	79000 people	35 km
Kotla	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	40 km
Saria	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	30 km
Chirianwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	39 km
Naushahra	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	43 km
Gujar Khan	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	63000 people	46 km
Kotli	Azad Kashmir	Pakistan	Village	-	47 km
Daulat Nagar	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	49 km
Dilawarpur	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	50 km
Dinga	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	39000 people	52 km
Fatehpur	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	57 km
Mandra	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	57 km
Khokhar	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Minda Bahauddin	Punjab	Pakistan	City	-	64 km
Gujurat	Punjab	Pakistan	City	-	65 km
Jalapur	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	66 km
Kunjah	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	28000 people	66 km
Lokhanwal Khas	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	67 km
Maggowal	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	69 km
Shadiwal	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	70 km
Karianwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	70 km
Tanda	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	71 km
Phalia	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	23000 people	77 km
Bahlolpur	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	78 km
Randheer	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	78 km
Bahram	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	78 km
Laweriwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	80 km
Wazirabad	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	97000 people	80 km
Malakwal	Punjab	Pakistan	City	34000 people	81 km
Sodhra	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	16000 people	81 km
Khanki	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	81 km
Dhallewalli	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	82 km
Wadala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	82 km
Rasulnagar	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	14000 people	87 km
Miani Pathanan	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	88 km
Begawala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	89 km
Sambnal	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	89 km
Waiyanwali	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	90 km
Kandan Sian	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	90 km
Kotli Daim	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	91 km
Qadirabad	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	93 km
Akalgarh	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	93 km
Bhopalwala	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	17000 people	94 km
Ghakhar	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	96 km
Adamkay	Punjab	Pakistan	City	110000 people	97 km
Sialkot	Punjab	Pakistan	City	460000 people	99 km
Daska	Punjab	Pakistan	City	120000 people	99 km
Smail Awan	Punjab	Pakistan	Village	-	100 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
Mangla		290	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	13 km
Gurha Salim		243				0	29 km
Mandi Bahauddin		228				0	61 km
Gujrat	GRT	unknown				0	67 km
Sialkot	SKT	unknown				0	97 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Mangla	Mangla	Jhelum	1967	12 km
	Rasul	Jhelum	1967	52 km
	Marala	Chenab	1968	81 km
	Qadirabad	Chenab	1968	87 km

More information

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