Overall Green Earthquake alert in Kyrgyzstan on 17 Nov 2015 17:29 UTC

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M 5.5 in Kyrgyzstan on 17 Nov 2015 17:29 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:	18 Km
Lat/Lon:	40.3858 , 73.2059
Event Date:	17 Nov 2015 17:29 UTC 17 Nov 2015 23:29 Local
Exposed Population:	3990000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	18 Nov 2015 15:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	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
1106977		0.5	17 Nov 2015 17:29	5.5M, 15.62km	N/A	4.2 million (in 100km)		00:21	NEIC
1107168		0.5	17 Nov 2015 17:29	5.5M, 18km	5.01	4 million (in 100km)		22:09	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 Kyrgyzstan ,of Osh (population 17,001) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	17000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1106977	40.371/73.131	5.5	15.62	0	17 Oct 2016 10:56	334d 17:26	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Osh	Kyrgyzstan	17000 people
Osh	Kyrgyzstan	1.7 million people
Andizhan	Uzbekistan	2.6 million people
Fergana	Uzbekistan	380000 people
Namangan	Uzbekistan	220000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sarkisar	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	9 km
Bardu	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	12 km
Kyzylkiya	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	13 km
Dzharbashi	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	15 km
Guzar	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	21 km
Mady	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	22 km
Këkbel'	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	23 km
Gulcha	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	28 km
Khasan-Chek	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	29 km
Pakyr-Abad	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	29 km
Kyzylsangir	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	30 km
Osh	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	City	220000 people	33 km
Dzhangyaryk	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	35 km
Leninskoye	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	11000 people	36 km
Kizöl-Kurgan	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	37 km
Uchbay	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	38 km
Akbulak	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	41 km
Nariman	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	42 km
Kara-Kël'	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	42 km
Kara-Su	Andijon	Uzbekistan	City	-	44 km
Klozin	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	45 km
Karatash	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	46 km
Kara-Kuldzha	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	46 km
Iski-Kurpa	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	46 km
Uzgen	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	City	44000 people	47 km
Mamir-Ravat	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	48 km
Manak	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	49 km
Kanduga	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	50 km
Khonobod	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	51 km
Kurgantepa	Andijon	Uzbekistan	City	-	52 km
Tura-Chita	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	53 km
Pervomayskoye	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	54 km
Karasu	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	55 km
Pamyat' Il'icha	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	55 km
Imeni Kalinina	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	58 km
Uch-Tyube	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	58 km
Donguztau	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	60 km
Nura	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	62 km
Dzhalal-Abad	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	City	-	63 km
Burbash	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	66 km
Kok-Tundy	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	66 km
Aral	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	70 km
Koshkenchi	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	70 km
Andijon	Andijon	Uzbekistan	City	320000 people	72 km
Khartum	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	72 km
Sary-Tash	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	72 km
Kutarma	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	73 km
Gavrilovka	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	75 km
Aman-Ail	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	75 km
Teshiktash	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	75 km
Akhman	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	75 km
Bagysh	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	76 km
Khodzharabad	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	77 km
Andizhan	Andijon	Uzbekistan	City	-	81 km
Karavan	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	82 km
Pakhtaabad	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	82 km
Bazar-Kurgan	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	83 km
Leninsk	Andijon	Uzbekistan	City	-	83 km
Dzhalpak-Sary	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	84 km
Arimdzhan	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	87 km
Urganchi	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	89 km
Naukent	Jalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	89 km
Andizhan	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	89 km
Kum-Sigoza	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	91 km
Kuva	Farg'ona	Uzbekistan	City	31000 people	91 km
Maygyr	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	92 km
Naynava	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	95 km
Shakhrikhan	Andijon	Uzbekistan	City	-	98 km
Khakkulabad	Andijon	Uzbekistan	City	-	105 km
Kosh-Tepa-Saray	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	106 km
Khojevat	Andijon	Uzbekistan	Village	-	110 km
Leninabad	Namangan	Uzbekistan	Village	-	113 km
Kugay	Namangan	Uzbekistan	Village	-	113 km
Chinabad	Namangan	Uzbekistan	Village	-	116 km
Chudzha	Namangan	Uzbekistan	Village	-	123 km

see full list

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
Osh East		1067				0	30 km
Osh West		914				0	36 km
Osh	OSS	866	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500	39 km
Tortkul		914				0	51 km
Aim Southeast		457				0	53 km
Aravan West		640				0	63 km
Dzhalal Abad		771				0	65 km
Aravan Northeast		305				0	70 km
Kuva Southeast		640				0	73 km
Spasskoye / Akbash		762				0	74 km
Bazar Kurgan		695				0	80 km
Andizhan	AZN	462				0	81 km
Mikhaylovka Dmitriyevka		1295				0	83 km
Andizhan Northeast		30480				0	85 km
Sakaldy Dubar		457				0	86 km
Isbaskent		579				0	94 km
Shakhrikhan South		457				0	98 km
Kuva West		305				0	105 km
Shakhrikhan West		396				0	110 km
Uchkurgan Southeast		427				0	114 km
Balykchi Southwest		412				0	128 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Papanskaya	Akbura	1985	21 km
Andizhan	Karadaria	1980	45 km
Karkidansk	Kusavay	1967	89 km

More information

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