M 5.6 in Tajikistan on 16 Jun 2020 01:30 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: 5.6M
Depth: 127 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.8282 , 72.2131
Event Date: 16 Jun 2020 01:30 UTC
16 Jun 2020 06:30 Local
Exposed Population: 210000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000ack0
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2020 03:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Afghanistan= 7.5; Tajikistan= 5.1

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us6000ack0 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1315924 0.5 16 Jun 2020 01:30 5.7M, 118.11km 4.1 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:02 NEIC
1316100 0.5 16 Jun 2020 01:30 5.6M, 127km 3.96 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 02:13 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0.5 1315924 37.829/72.256 5.7 118.1 4.097 16 Jun 2020 01:47 00:16 (new episode)
2 0.5 1315924 37.829/72.256 5.7 118.1 4.097 16 Jun 2020 01:57 00:26 (upd of #1)
3 0.5 1315924 37.829/72.256 5.7 118.1 4.097 16 Jun 2020 03:33 02:02 (upd of #2)
4 0.5 1315924 37.829/72.256 5.7 118.1 4.097 17 Jun 2020 01:33 1d 00:02 (upd of #3)
5 0.5 1316100 37.828/72.213 5.6 127.0 3.959 17 Jun 2020 03:44 1d 02:13 (new episode)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.