Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Afghanistan on 25 Dec 2015 19:14 UTC

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M 6.3 in Afghanistan on 25 Dec 2015 19:14 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:	6.3M
Depth:	203.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.5002 , 71.1321
Event Date:	25 Dec 2015 19:14 UTC 25 Dec 2015 23:44 Local
Exposed Population:	790000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us100049i1
Inserted at:	25 Dec 2015 20:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	1.7		1.7
us100049i1	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1113110	1.9	25 Dec 2015 19:14	6.5M, 191km	N/A	660 thousand (in 100km)	00:06	GEOFON
1113114	1.6	25 Dec 2015 19:14	6.2M, 203.52km	N/A	790 thousand (in 100km)	00:24	NEIC
1113115	1.7	25 Dec 2015 19:14	6.3M, 203.4km	4.32	790 thousand (in 100km)	00:57	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 Afghanistan ,of Takhar (population 38,656) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1113115	36.494/71.126	6.3	206	4.32	22 Feb 2018 09:04	789d 13:49	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Takhar	Afghanistan	39000 people
	Kulyab	Tajikistan	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity	Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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