Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 30 Jul 2014 01:32 UTC

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M 5.3 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 30 Jul 2014 01:32 UTC

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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:	5.3M
Depth:	5.22 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.4 , 53.55
Event Date:	30 Jul 2014 01:32 UTC 30 Jul 2014 05:32 Local
Exposed Population:	About 70000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	30 Jul 2014 02:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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
1056380		0	30 Jul 2014 01:32	5.6M, 10km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	NEIC
1056382		0	30 Jul 2014 01:32	5.3M, 5.22km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		01:00	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 Iran, Islamic Republic of ,of Hormozgan (population 5,034) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1056382	26.4/53.55	5.3	5.22	0	17 Oct 2016 10:05	810d 08:32	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Hormozgan	Iran, Islamic Republic of	5000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hendarabi	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	32 km
Bandar-e Chiru	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Bagh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Safain	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Masheh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	50 km
Dehriz	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	54 km
Rostag	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	61 km
Bandar-e Magam	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	63 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
	Kish Island	KIH	30	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11800	45 km
	Lavan Island	LVP	22	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	50 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Qeis Island		Iran	46 km
Jazireh Ye Lavan	IRLVP	Iran	49 km
Muqam		Iran	63 km

More information

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