M 5.5 in Iran on 09 Jun 2020 16:08 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.7722 , 53.3448
Event Date: 09 Jun 2020 16:08 UTC
09 Jun 2020 20:38 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
870000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000a8lw
Inserted at: 10 Jun 2020 16:16 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 0.8 0.8
us6000a8lw Scaled population (raster) 1.99  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1314832 0.7 09 Jun 2020 16:08 5.4M, 10km 6.71 292 (in MMI>=VII) 02:02 NEIC
1315159 0.8 09 Jun 2020 16:08 5.5M, 10km 6.83 2 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:08 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 Fars (population 73) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
2000 people
16000 people
17000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0.7 1314832 27.768/53.344 5.4 10.0 6.702 09 Jun 2020 16:28 00:19 (new episode)
2 0 1314832 27.768/53.344 5.4 10.0 6.702 09 Jun 2020 16:40 00:31 (upd of #1)
3 0.7 1314832 27.774/53.341 5.4 10.0 6.711 09 Jun 2020 17:03 00:54 (upd of #2)
4 0.7 1314832 27.774/53.341 5.4 10.0 6.711 09 Jun 2020 18:11 02:02 (upd of #3)
5 0.7 1314832 27.774/53.341 5.4 10.0 6.711 10 Jun 2020 16:16 1d 00:08 (upd of #4)
6 0.8 1315159 27.772/53.345 5.5 10.0 6.834 11 Jun 2020 15:27 1d 23:18 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Fars Islamic Republic of Iran <1000 people
Fars Islamic Republic of Iran 19000 people
Fars Islamic Republic of Iran 19000 people
Fars Islamic Republic of Iran 100000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Shatu Fars Iran Village - 4 km
Haftvan Fars Iran Village - 8 km
Khonj Fars Iran Village - 15 km
Khalili Fars Iran Village - 16 km
Baghan Fars Iran Village - 26 km
Bigherd Fars Iran Village - 28 km
Fidaq Fars Iran Village - 30 km
Mahmeleh Fars Iran Village - 28 km
Tamru Fars Iran Village - 30 km
Kahnuyeh Fars Iran Village - 32 km
Fishvar Fars Iran Village - 34 km
Beyram Fars Iran Village - 41 km
Alamarvdasht Fars Iran Village - 41 km
Garin Arabi Fars Iran Village - 44 km
Bid Shahr Fars Iran Village - 45 km
Seyfabad Fars Iran Village - 47 km
Huzi Fars Iran Village - 51 km
Fareyab Fars Iran Village - 51 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Lamerd LFM 410 Civ. Paved Yes 7200 47 km

More information

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